Patriots Edelman Arrested for Assault/Battery of Woman

his dad is a jew and he considers himself jewish.

therefore, the internet says you're wrong

 

No, the Internet says you're wrong.

 

Edelman is half Jewish by birth — through his father, but was raised as a Christian.

 

way to not quote your source (as to intentionally omit that it's not a site called jewornotjew lol)

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=706


I don't think you can say absolutely that the above is or isn't more credible.

http://www.thegreatrabbino.com/2009/09/julian-edelman-update.html

 

So which site is more authentic Jew?

And are South Africans really African?

How about Moroccans?

They get pissed when you call them African

Let's go even deeper...

Why are French people called pussies during war, but Italians are praised for being bigger flip flop pussies? (random thought)

 

My great-grandfather was born in Tunisia. I'm African-American.

 

Technically, I believe that to be considered as being of Jewish lineage your mother has to be Jewish.

 

I knew there was a reason I liked you (no homo) my brother!

 

My mother is Jewish, my father is Catholic. I was born and raised to be Catholic (baptized, communed, confirmed). I don't associate myself with Judaism, at all.

With that said, fuck Edelman. About time a Patriot gets bad press.

 

Dominican = African. FACT.

 

Correct.

That's one way of being Jewish, by being born to a Jewish mother. The other way is to convert. Edelman has never converted.

That is Ron Kaplan's view, and the correct one.

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/23095/patriots-receiver-edelman-to-start-in-playoffs/

 

It comforts me to know that this thread has turned into a vehicle for self-reflection on our religious and cultural identity.

 

Oh, and I think Edelman just ruined a promising after-football career as host of a Nickleodeon game show. Dumbass.

 

self-hating jews, man

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax. . . .

 

What's happening to this patsie?

 

This is a legal question from a religious point of view, and is true of just about any legal question, the answer isn't quite as simple as it seems.

According to halacha (formal Jewish law from the Torah and the Mishnah) you are correct (along with conversion as the other possibility). Further, observance has absolutely nothing to do with it - a person with a Jewish mother is Jewish even if they actively practice another religion, and a person without a Jewish mother who didn't convert is not, even if they observe every practice.

Reform and Liberal Judaism do not follow this, and consider someone a Jew if either parent is Jewish. Interestingly enough, in North America usually some sort of formal identification act is also required, such as a bris or a Bar Mitzvah, which from a cultural point of view makes a lot of sense.

You would not be considered Jewish in Reform Judaism, but would be in Conservative or Orthodox Judaism.

 

Is there anything that Statjeff doesn't know the answer to? haha

 

check his penis

 

That doesn't work any more.