Reply To: Reformed Are Jews?

Midwest-“How can we possibly appeal to the non-frum to join us if we keep calling them “goyim” and other choice words?”
-When did anyone call them goyim? Noone here is calling a non-frum jew a goy. Unfortunately, there are jews who wish they were goyim and believe that that is what they should strive for. They live their lives very distant from Judaism and intermarry.

“This thread is unspeakably offensive to baalei teshuva who are being told that their Reform, Conservative or unaffiliated parents aren’t Jewish.”
-I dont think anyone can say for sure who is Jewish and who isnt. Noone can really trace their ancestors dating back to Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov Avinu. The only thing is that since reform and maybe conservative bring in non jews and have non halachic conversions, things get a little complicated.