Reply #82: i have some particular insight to this as a jew with an adopted brother [View All]

my brother was adopted at the age of 6 weeks and was raised by my jewish parents, as a jew. we went to sunday school together and we were both bar mitzvah'ed. yet, when he went to get married to a jewish woman, a few rabbis said they didn't do interfaith weddings. of course they looked at each other and said, "interfaith? but we're both jewish!"

to which a succession of rabbis said no, he wasn't KNOWN to be BORN of a jewish mother and he never officially converted, so he's not a jew. what was he then, they could not say, for although judaism is the only religion he's ever known, apparently he's not one.

needless to say, they continued their search until they found a rabbi (reform) who did not have a problem with this. not all jews believe in exactly the same things, and some jews don't buy into the strict conversion laws that most conservatives and orthodox jews buy into.

personally, i think this is a VERY small point of trivia, with ZERO political significance other than that it's some dirt to throw around.


so while we're on that topic, mccain gave up secrets to the viet cong and eats dead babies.