Do the godparents of Jewish children have to be Jewish?
535820
The practice of appointing "godparents" does not exist in the Jewish tradition.
666135
Not true.   The Jewish religion believes that Jesus Christ was a great prophet, but not the Son of God.  The Bible says otherwise.
234521
You are not Jewish, as you were raised a Christian, unless you renounce your Christianity and formally convert to Judaism. So, when asked if you are Jewish, the correct answer is, 'No, but my father is.'
67137
and one more time those who know nothing of Judaism or the Bible give answers....\n\nAdaM and Eve were not Jews, showing that Gd cares for all people and not just the Jews. \n\nThe first Jew was Abraham whose descendants, and those who over the last 4,000 years converted to Judaism, were Jews. Even in the Bible, Mordechai, in the Book of Esther, who was NOT from the tribe of Judah, is called a Jew, so one does not have to be from the tribe of Judah to be a Jew:::\n\n          Esther 2:5  Now in Shushan the palace there was \n          a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son  \n          of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a \n          Benjamite; \n\nBut Judaism, the covenant Gd made with Abraham, reconfirmed with His covenant with Isaac, reconfirmed with His covenant with Jacob, and on and on, began with Abraham.
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Once a person is a Jew (by being born or converting) he can never become a non-Jew. But he could be irreligious! Those two movements that you cited are totally heretic and against Judaism. If they are jewish or not depend on whether they were born Jewish (they have a jewish mother). But, they have no association to Judaism religiously.\n\nA righteous gentile from a biblical standpoint is a gentile who follows the 7 laws of Noach - Unlike the Jews who have 613 commandments to follow in order to be righteous. Thats why we dont try to convert people to Judaism - if they are following the 7 laws and are righteous there is no reason for it!
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The Church requires that one of the Godparents be Catholic:\n\nThus if we remember a few basic things about Baptism—it gives a person both a new and special status as a child of God and it makes a person a member of the Body of Christ, the Church—then what you are looking for are godparents who \ncan truly represent that Christian community. Basically this means you want at least one active and committed Catholic. \n\nThe Catechism of the Catholic Church states "...the godfather and godmother... must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized—child or adult—on the road of Christian life" (#1255). This is the Church's way of saying that being a godparent is truly a ministry in the Church, and not simply an honor.
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I would think, for Jews, there is sufficient reason to be Jewish, and not sufficient reason to be Christian.  Part of the sufficient reason to be Jewish is being born into it (for most Jews) and believing in one God, rather than the metaphorical, hypothetical, and mystical Trinity.  The reasons you mentioned certainly contribute to wanting to keep to the Jewish community.
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Some of what was said earlier is absolutely correct but I will try to clarify.  A traditional Jew does not have to be born in Israel.  A traditional Jew is one who keeps some basic laws but not necessarily all of them.  Like perhaps going to synagogue on occasion or maybe keeping kosher but they arent necessarily observant.\nOrthodox Jews keep all of the laws - keeping kosher, dressing modestly, keeping sabbath, and much more.\nThere are many sects of orthodoxy.  Firstly there are Hasidim - who follow the words of a certain Rabbi, eg. Belzer Hasidim, Lubavitcher Hasidim etc.  Then there are Misnagdim - who are regular orthodox jews but do not follow one certain Rabbi. Lastly there are modern orthodox jews who are slightly more lenient with the laws, but still observant.  \nThe orthodox jew does not shave their sideburns or beard.  Hasidim go to more of an extreme in never cutting their earlocks and letting them grow very long. But cutting them is permissible to the regular orthodox, as long as some remains.  There is no "orthodox jewish language" but most Hasidim still speak Yiddish which is very close go German as a remnant of when they came from Europe.  In Israel of course Hebrew would be spoken as well as English.  \nSkullcaps are used to cover the head to remember that G-d is constantly above us. Clothing is modest - Women and girls over the age of 5 covering legs, elbows, collar bones.\nMarried women cover their hair with a wig or kerchief so as not to attract other men.\nThere really is no problem with doctors. If the woman may have a concern, she can always request a nurse to be present when the doctor does his examination.  \nYes Judaism is a religion, but it is also a culture and a way of life.  \nI hope this helps.
164554
I'm not a rabbi, but I am Jewish, and I can tell you that the concept of the trinity is not part of Jewish doctrine.\n\nAccording to Judaism, there's one God, not divided in any way, period.  Hope that helps!
956503
ok........ Jews Do NOT belive that any one person can be a child of god.. We all are, and No jews would not accept some one as a leader if they where the antichrist, even though we as jews do not belive in such a thing
83149
Wow.  I think it would be problematic.  Generally, the religion of the mom transfers to the children.  \n\nAs for problems, it depends on how religious each is.  I have known people in this situation that were able to raise the children under both, let them decide later, and just have all the celebrations.  Really depends on the people.
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Your question makes it sound as though one can be EITHER Jewish OR Italian, Jewish OR Spanish, Jewish OR Indian. That is simply not true. One can be of any nation and/or race, and still be a Jew. There are Asian Jews, Caucasian Jews, African-American Jews and even just African Jews, and there are Hispanic Jews, and Jewish citizens of every nation on earth.\n\nMy heritage is Russian and Jewish, actually Ukranian and Jewish.\n\nAnd, since you asked, i Love Judaism and being a Jew!
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I hope no-one takes offence to your question. It is a valid one and you clearly state this as a generalisation and obviously understand that there is a huge variation in jewish appearance, but yes, there is some characturistics that are considered 'jewish'.\n\nI think it is as someone has already said, there is a geographical orrigination and historically jews have not married out of religion, although this is of course a generalisation in its self. So the gene pool has largely remained intact. Obviousy the genes for those characturistics have been carried through the generations and not been widely circulated among other religious backgrounds. Although again I stress those characturistics are not exclusively jewish and intermarriage has scattered them about into other cultures too.\n\nPerhaps even, many of those characturistic genes are recessive, and therefore generally appear in the more pure jewish families than the ones of more mixed race. \n\nBut I do dissagree with about the 'christian' look. I'm sure out of a line up of jews, christians, muslims, hindus, buddists and many other religions, that someone could pick out a christian. Generally speaking of course. I'm sure we could also find many traditianaly jewish or traditionally muslim looking people and actually find that thay are infact christian or buddist.
43575
As long as there are no blood ties, there is nothing wrong with it. "Godparents" only means something in the church, not the real world.
1055878
the zionists are a funny bunch. If you ask them about their racist policies on Jewish women marrying outside of the tribe they tellyou it is not racism but religion, if you ask about their religious policies they say you would not understand because you are not of jewish race. If you have a Jewish mother has a nonjewish husband married or not the children are not Jewish and can not be married or buried in Israel. If the father is unknown then the child is born unto the tribe of Israel as a legitimate jew born of a jewish woman.\n\nSO THE ASKER HAS A VALID QUESTION AND THE WEAKMINDED SHOULD BACK OF ON CALLING RACISM UNTIL THEY KNOW BETTER.
933311
and mine is jewish,oivey
726420
The role of the godfather and/or godmother is very important. They must be firm Catholic believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized—child or adult—on the road of Christian life.\n\nTo ensure this, a godparent must be at least 16 years old (for maturity's sake), fully initiated (having received Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist), be someone other than the legal parents, and one who leads a life in harmony with the Church. \n\nWith love in Christ.