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From: luria@ucbvax.ARPA (Marc Luria)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: "Jewishness" of non-blood-relations
Message-ID: <5457@ucbvax.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 17:04:42 EST
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.5457
Posted: Tue Mar 12 17:04:42 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 13-Mar-85 07:43:45 EST
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Reply-To: luria@ucbvax.UUCP (Marc Luria)
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
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Summary: 

A sad case related to this occurred in our synagogue a couple years ago.
A boy who was to be Bar Mitzvad here.  Just a few weeks before the bar mitzvah
it was discovered that the mother was not Jewish, and therefore the boy was
not.  This could have easily been remedied becuase the conversion process for
a boy under the age of 13 is relatively easy.  Unfortunately, the bar mitzva
was scheduled to take place a couple months after his birthday.  Conversion
of a boy over 13 would have been much more difficult since it would have
been necessary for the boy to appear before a Bet Din (Jewish court).  In the
end he didnot have the Bar Mitzva here.  I just wanted to point this out
to those who know of people in similar situations, to inform them that acting
early or at least discussing the problem with a knowledgable rabbi, could
save much grief later.