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  • Is Mulder Suppose to be Jewish?

    From Daniel Jones@21:1/5 to Hannah J Sassaman on Sun Jun 6 20:10:52 2021
    On Sunday, November 22, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Hannah J Sassaman wrote:
    In terms of Duchovny's Judaism, his father is Jewish and wrote a number
    of academic books on Judaism -- his mother is Scottish. In Jewish law,
    that makes David not a Jew unless he went through a conversion process.
    I think Mulder *is* Jewish... no empirical evidence or the like... I just believe.
    Have fun tonight, kids,
    Hannah ***************************************************************************** Hannah Jane Sassaman
    Sophomore, University of Pennsylvania
    Theatre Arts and English Major
    http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~hannahjs
    Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
    -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.
    -- Tallulah Bankhead


    Sorry for the necro post but in Judaism the right of being born Jewish. Being a matinal lineage would mean David Duchovny was born Jewish. Even if the mother converts after the fact and the child was born they would still be considered being Jewish born.

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  • From Daniel65@21:1/5 to Daniel Jones on Mon Jun 7 16:09:43 2021
    Daniel Jones wrote on 7/06/2021 1:10 pm:
    On Sunday, November 22, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Hannah J Sassaman
    wrote:
    In terms of Duchovny's Judaism, his father is Jewish and wrote a
    number of academic books on Judaism -- his mother is Scottish. In
    Jewish law, that makes David not a Jew unless he went through a
    conversion process. I think Mulder *is* Jewish... no empirical
    evidence or the like... I just believe. Have fun tonight, kids,
    Hannah
    *****************************************************************************


    Hannah Jane Sassaman
    Sophomore, University of Pennsylvania Theatre Arts and English
    Major http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~hannahjs Talk not of wasted
    affection; affection never was wasted. -- Henry Wadsworth
    Longfellow My father warned me about men and booze, but he never
    mentioned a word about women and cocaine. -- Tallulah Bankhead


    Sorry for the necro post but in Judaism the right of being born
    Jewish. Being a matinal lineage would mean David Duchovny was born
    Jewish. Even if the mother converts after the fact and the child was
    born they would still be considered being Jewish born.

    But the post you resurrected and quoted says that David's mother was not
    a Jew until she converted .... so, unless she converted BEFORE David's
    birth, David wouldn't be Jewish ... unless *HE* converted later!!
    --
    Daniel

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