But what IS a Jew?

[Alan Jacobson]

It's an interesting question, considering the descent into nationalisms all
over the globe.

Complicating matters further is the fact that Jews don't agree about who is
a Jew.  The ruling Orthodox religious establishment in Israel would not
consider me a Jew (father was Jewish but not mother), nor my wife (raised a
Baptist, converted to Judaism by a Reform rabbi).

BTW, IMHO, it is one of the incomprehendible perversities of American Reform
Judaism that they donate immense amounts of money to support a religious
establishment that both denies their Jewry and suppresses their movement in
Israel.

Alan Jacobson
Detroit