The question arose: who *is* a Jew The Jewish law says that one becomes a Jew through the Jewish mother - yet, it was decided, one stopsbeing a Jew by changing a religion (but, interestingly, not by becoming atheist). read more
The traditional, Orthodox view is that a Jew is a person born to a Jewish mother or who is a convert to Judaism. Some other denominations now also accept the child of a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother as Jewish when the child is raised as a Jew. In Britain, not all Jewish conversions are recognised by the Office of the Chief Rabbi (OCR). read more