[Lucy Kline]

I believe the answer given to the question was correct but not full enough. In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, the person’s Judaism IS based on the maternal line. Reform Judaism has also accepted paternal lineage. As for learning about Judaism, borrow books from a library or ask a Rabbi for suggestions of books to learn, as a beginning. As for converting regardless of lineage, all denominations of Judaism follow the tradition of ‘turning down the person 3 times’ although it’s not always done in just those words. The reason is since we also don’t proselytize, we discourage conversion wanting to make sure a person is completely sincere.I’ve never heard that a Synagogue won’t let a non-Jew in and even the Hassidic (I am Reform) in our area welcome all people. Perhaps some Orthodox don’t. If you are interested in converting, contact several Rabbis in your area and find one you are comfortable talking to. Don’t be surprised at the ‘discouragement’ but pursue it if you are sincere.

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Name : Lucy Kline, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 68, City : Cocoa, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Housewife, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

[Lucy Kline]

The not mixing meat and milk comes from God’s order not to ‘seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.’ The purpose was not to kill a baby animal in sight of the mother animal, as this would be cruelty to the mother. Somehow in the many interpretations we ended up with not mixing meat and any dairy products. As a Reform Jew also, I have not kept kosher, but many Reform Jews today do and I’ve learned more about observances that Reform Jews had stopped observing and are beginning again to observe.

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Name : Lucy Kline, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 68, City : Cocoa, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Housewife, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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