I have a question…

One of my cousins on my father’s side is Jewish. She converted 45 years ago when she married a Jewish man, and they’ve raised their son and daughter as Jewish, including Bar and Bat Mitzvah. She keeps a kosher home still, even after her husband passed away, and was going to the synagogue regularly (before Covid). She keeps a mezuzah on her door. She recently told me that a kid (twenty-something) told her "well, you’re not [b]really[/b] Jewish, and your kids aren’t really Jewish either. Their mother has to be Jewish, not just their father." My cousin told him, "My children [b]were[/b] born to a Jewish mother." She was very offended. Once you convert, don’t you become part of the community ? 🤔

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Mamapolo2016 · F

As a Baptist, I had to look it up. Tell her to tell that kid to talk to a Rabbi.

It's possible that not all Jewish factions believe the same.

But this one says not only SHE is 'really Jewish,' so are her children.,So THERE.

[quote]If a woman converts to Judaism does that make her future ...

Yes - anybody who accepts the woman as Jewish will automatically accept her children as well. To do otherwise would be to violate the law that says we treat converts as natural-born Jews and are not allowed to remind them of their convert status. 22 level 1 aggie1391 · 4y MO Machmir If she converted Orthodox, everyone will accept her kids as Jews.[/quote]