Do I Need to Convert to Judaism?
Question
Hello, my maternal grandmother is Jewish, but my grandfather is not, and my mother is Christian. Am I Jewish, or do I need to convert?
Answer
Jewish identity is determined by the mother. Therefore, if your maternal grandmother is Jewish, you are also Jewish, and you do not need to undergo conversion.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Yevamot 47a, Rambam in “Laws of Forbidden Relations” 12:7
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