Who is a Jew?: Difference between revisions

"'''Who is a Jew?'''" ({{lang-he-n|מיהו יהודי}} {{IPA-he|ˈmihu yehuˈdi|pron}}) is a basic question about [[Jewish identity]] and considerations of Jewish [[self-identification]]. The question is based on ideas about [[Jewish]] personhood, which have [[Jewish culture|cultural]], [[Jewish ethnic divisions|ethnic]], [[Judaism|religious]], [[political]], [[genealogy|genealogical]], and [[family|personal]] dimensions. [[Orthodox Judaism]] and [[Conservative Judaism]] follow Jewish law ([[Halakha]]), deeming a person to be Jewish if their [[Matrilineality in Judaism|mother]] is Jewish or they underwent a halakhic [[conversion to Judaism#Halakhic considerations|conversion]]. [[Reform Judaism]] and [[Reconstructionist Judaism]] accept both [[matrilineal]] and [[patrilineal]] descent. [[Karaite Judaism]] predominantly follows patrilineal descent.