My granmother is jewish, therefore am i?

my grandmother has been a Jew all her life, but my father (her son ) is not. am i of the Jewish faith or not?

you are part Jewish.

um mm depends do you consider yourself Jewish? =)

Being of a certain religion isn't in the blood - it is a physical action and change in lifestyle and beliefs.

If you haven't be brought up Jewish and you dint follow the religion, then no.

not really, it depends on what you believe in

no, you are of Israeli descent. But being Jewish is not a nationality but a religion. You would make that choice on your own, not through ancestry.

You are part Jewish. Strictly speaking, to be a Jew, your mother has to be a Jew. So although your father is not a practicing Jew, he IS actually a Jew.

You can become a Jew if you so wish. In this case, speak to a Rabbi.

You will have Jewish blood in you, and by that I mean that you will have probably inherited some form of characteristics associated with Jews, but this doesn't make you Jewish. Judaism is a religion, not a race. Just because your parents have one theory of mind, doesn't mean you have to follow it.

Jew/ Jewish is a race. you father was a Jewish. but you are not a Jewish unless your mother is a Jewish.

there is nothing like part Jewish.

Yeah, you're part Jewish but you don't have to do anything. Mainly, the religion comes from the mum but if you want to be Jewish, then feel free. You have a right to be whatever religion you want to be (or none at all TB)

There is no such thing as part Jewish. You have Hebrew ancestry, but are not a part of Judaism. Judaism is the religion,to be apart of Judaism your mother would have to be practicing Judaism. You would have to convert even using Reform or Conservative standards.

actually it has nothing to do with your fathers side. Judaism is passed on the mothers side. So what is your mothers lineage? THere is no such thing as part Jewish. Either your mother is Jewish or not.

There no such thing as being part Jewish, If you Mom wasn't Jewish you are no a Jew

Only if she's your MOTHER'S mother.


Being "of the Jewish faith" means that you BELIEVE (have faith) in the teachings of Judaism. Only YOU can answer that.

Would you be accepted as a Jew by any Jewish community without a conversion? No.

Yes you are. Congratulations

your father is Jewish because his mother is, you only are if your mother is

do you wanna be Jewish??? no well then you decide on your own religion.. that is up to you not Ur parents and grandparents..

According to Orthodox Halacha (Jewish law) you are not as it is matriarchal - if your mother is Jewish, therefore, your father is technically Jewish whether he is a practicing Jew or not. However, you are not. Reform and progressive Judaism may accept you as they accept patriarchal lineage as well as matriarchal.

It is a faith not just a race that is my understanding.

if your mother' mother was Jewish , you are Jewish.It usually does not pass via the father except in Reform Jews,Samaritans and Karaites.Technically your father is a Jew since his mother is a Jew, that is what mainstream Judaism says.Jews cannot convert out of Judaism according to mainstream Judaism If you want to be a Jew talk to a rabbi, i am Jewish

Hi!
I can understand your concern because I went through the same thing.I also used to wonder about God, so I studied the bible and wondered who wrote it..because some of the chapters were so confusing , I simply couldn't believe that God would sent down such a disorganized book(but my hunch is that the guy named peter wrote his heart out in the bible and filled it up with gibberish), but all I found was a bunch of unverified stories which confuses the readers. First I saw that there were over 9 versions of the bible, and each of them were different. It said that Jesus was God's son....but then I started thinking that if God is not a human, then how could he have kids. This guy was saying that look, Jesus didn't have any father, so his dad must have been God himself! But when I told him that Adam and Eve didn't have any parents either. Does that make them god's children too? Well, all this was so confusing , that I started looking into some other religion to see what they had to say about God etc.Then Bible considers everyone to be sinners, and that God had to send his "son" to get rid of sins.This was strange that God would kill his innocent "son" in order to get rid of evil Satan.! it sounded pretty cruel to me.Why would His "son" have to die for other peoples sins, or for Satan, who makes people sin? Christianity also calls religious law a curse,and so that if someone follows religious laws ,they are in a curse.
Not too long ago, I bumped into this guy named Yousef Estes. He was a priest, so I told him about my confusions.Then he told me about a book called the Quran. It was the holy book of a religion called Islam. He told me that this book was "really" original. And trust me, when I read it, it didn't seem man made at all. The entire book didn't have a single contradictory statement. Then I later searched on you tube...you may want to check this out too;. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_f5Lp6eA48&feature=related . If you watch a couple of those videos , you'll be amazed by some of the facts that matches so much with modern science. I mean if a guy wrote that book, he couldn't have known all this stuff more than 1400 years ago. In Islam,everyone is responsible for their own deeds, good or bad. No one dies or suffers for other peoples sins. If someone does something wrong, all he has to do is ask God for forgiveness sincerely, and promise not to do it again. God will certainly forgive him according to his intentions.
At first, I wasn't too sure if this Quran was original Cox I thought it was also altered like the bible, but I later went to Turkey. There, I saw the original copy of the Quran, which was written 1400 years ago. It matched exactly with the current one.
Anyway, just check these out.I'm sure it will clear out your confusion.
Obviously there has to be some One up there who made us, created Adam and Eve.
there are so many different beliefs around,one really needs to look deep into a religion to determine if it is authentic.
the maze is to find the right religion that will lead us to heaven. if it weren't so confusing then god wouldn't have created heaven or hell.
anyway i bumped into this faith that made sense to me. it believes that god sent Judaism through prophet Moses, and Christianity through Jesus, and lastly Islam through Muhammad. it honors all the past religions and it is the only faith that was never changed a bit since the prophet Mohammad?s time.
unlike Christianity which is pretty confusing with so many bibles that has been altered and Judaism that also changes their laws through Rabbis, Islam was never changed , not laws nor the holy Quran.you can actually find the real 1400 years old copy in a museum in Turkey. I don't know much about science thing, but this religion is so full of scientific proofs and it is also a complete way of life.you won't be disappointed if you checked out this religion.

Good luck and keep searching

Being Jewish isn't like being Irish. It is a religion, not a ethnicity, and therefore is not passed down. You're only Jewish if you believe in the Jewish God.

It all depends on you ,and your beliefs. However since if your mother is Jewish you are considered Jewish i would say yes because it is your fathers mother. However if you don't celebrate the high holidays and stuff I don't think your technically Jewish

if she is your father's mother, then no, you are not Jewish. if you're mother would be Jewish, you would be too.

Under Jewish law you are not a Jew. Judaism comes from the maternal line. If your mother was Jewish then you would be a Jew

You can always convert, but only an Orthodox conversion is recognized.

no only if your mother is

If your mother is Jewish than you are Jewish. Judaism is granted from the mother's side.