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Not to mention that, as anyone with any understanding of Jewish history knows, ”Germanic Jews” aren't an ethnic group either within the Diaspora or Israel. Ashkenazim aren't Germanic and speaking a Germanic language doesn't mean you're a Germanic people in the same way that me speaking Spanish doesn't make me a Latino.Now it's his great grand father that was the Jewish one. A Germanic Jew at that too. A Germanic "jew" with the name Giuseppe Gagliardi that was in Italy. Buried next to his wife.......under the cross.
To be fair, some fringe Reform and Reconstruction Jews do consider patrilineal Jews to be Jewish, but these are the same Jews that allow homosexuality, the ordination of women and generally ignore the Torah when it pisses them off.Lou, if you actually were Jewish, you'd know that the Jewish heritage is passed down THROUGH THE MATRIARCHIAL LINE. Unless your grandmother was Jewish, which as you said your Jewish grandfather converted to marry her so I highly doubt it, you cannot be Jewish. I can buy a family tree online that can say I'm the next descendant of the King of Finland, a piece of paper doesn't say it's true. If your grandmother was not Jewish, if your mother is not Jewish, YOU ARE NOT JEWISH. The only exception occasionally made by the Jewish Community is if you were raised Jewish and/or converted yourself. And since you lack the knowledge of this basic fact, I highly doubt it.
There's an old joke about the different sects of Jews which illustrates my point about Reform Jews:
You can tell what type of Jew someone is by going to a wedding at their synagogue.
At an Orthodox wedding, the bride's mother is pregnant.
At a Conservative wedding, the bride's pregnant.
At a Reform wedding, the rabbi's pregnant.
At a Reconstruction wedding, the rabbi and her wife are both pregnant.
You can tell what type of Jew someone is by going to a wedding at their synagogue.
At an Orthodox wedding, the bride's mother is pregnant.
At a Conservative wedding, the bride's pregnant.
At a Reform wedding, the rabbi's pregnant.
At a Reconstruction wedding, the rabbi and her wife are both pregnant.