http://crimzonsol.polipinion.com Just another Polipinion.com weblog Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:54:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a far more difficult question than you might expect. Judaism has no dogma, no formal set of beliefs that one must hold to be a Jew. In Judaism, actions are far more important than beliefs, although there is certainly a place for personal beliefs within Judaism.  The closest that anyone ... http://crimzonsol.polipinion.com/2007/09/30/who-is-a-jew-what-do-jews-believe/ First Establishing Who is a Jew: The Mishnah (Kiddushin 3:12) states that, to be a Jew, one must be either the child of a Jewish mother or a convert to Judaism. So To be Jewish your Mother Has to Be Jewish(From The Tribes of Judah, Levi, Benjamin) Which Tribes are Jewish?: Brief History Lesson ... http://crimzonsol.polipinion.com/2007/09/30/who-is-a-jew-jewish-law-the-thirteen-tribes/ How do you dertermine who is a Jew? First we need to know what a Jew is. To do this we have to know that there is a Denotation (the meaning of the word) and a Connotation (what people believe the word means and eventualy it will become the Denotation) for ... http://crimzonsol.polipinion.com/2007/09/30/hello-world/