1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminSupporting patrilineal descent - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EQEfulaA1a"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2011/02/15/ideas/supporting-patrilineal-descent">Supporting patrilineal descent</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2011/02/15/ideas/supporting-patrilineal-descent/embed#?secret=EQEfulaA1a" width="600" height="338" title="“Supporting patrilineal descent” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="EQEfulaA1a" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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To the Editor: Sue Fishkoff correctly reports that Reform leadership around the world has refrained from adopting patrilineal descent. However, Reform people (at least in the U.S.) have widely done so. As early as 1988, reporting on results from an AJC-sponsored survey of American Jews, I reported on the results to this question: Traditionally, membership […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315