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18. Reform Judaism affirms that a child who is raised and educated as Jew -- having one Jewish parent (mother or father) -- is under the presumption of being Jewish.

[See the RESOLUTION ON PATRILINEAL DESCENT, adopted by the CCAR in 1983, in Birth, Chapter II].

From "Understanding the Challenge of Reform Judaism: A Workshop for Teachers." UAHC, Editors: Gail Teicher Fellus and Rabbi Nina Mizrahi. Used by permission of the UAHC Press.


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