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NBR: what is a cradle Hebrew Catholic?

SlobinaSlobina
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So, I logged into Facebook today, and this blog about being a mother of one is being posted all over the place. 

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/to-the-mother-with-only-one-child

If you read the writer's bio, she says she is a cradle Hebrew Catholic.  Does anybody know what this is?  I've googled it and can find a few references to her and to one other person (one of the authors of Freakonomics) but I can't find a definition.  The author says that she was born Jewish and that her family converted to Catholicism when she was 4, so maybe it just is exactly what it implies - someone who was born Jewish (cradle Hebrew) and then converted to Catholicism.  Just curious if anyone has heard of this before.

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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.
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  • A&JmomA&Jmom

    I don't know, but my thought would be what you said.  Born Jew and converted to Catholicism. 

     

    imageali-1411:
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.

    Jews for Jesus practice Christianity, but consider themselves Jews still (but do not practice the Jewish religion)

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  • mrs.wildmanmrs.wildman member
    imageA&Jmom:

    I don't know, but my thought would be what you said.  Born Jew and converted to Catholicism. 

     

    imageali-1411:
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.

    Jews for Jesus practice Christianity, but consider themselves Jews still (but do not practice the Jewish religion)

    Yeah my first thought was a Jew for Jesus. I just googled and found this site - https://hebrewcatholic.org

    which defines the term as Catholics of Jewish Origin

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  • SlobinaSlobina
    imagemrs.wildman:
    imageA&Jmom:

    I don't know, but my thought would be what you said.  Born Jew and converted to Catholicism. 

     

    imageali-1411:
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.

    Jews for Jesus practice Christianity, but consider themselves Jews still (but do not practice the Jewish religion)

    Yeah my first thought was a Jew for Jesus. I just googled and found this site - https://hebrewcatholic.org

    which defines the term as Catholics of Jewish Origin

    Thanks!  This is so interesting.  As my dad says, you learn something new every day. ;)

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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member
    imageA&Jmom:

    I don't know, but my thought would be what you said.  Born Jew and converted to Catholicism. 

     

    imageali-1411:
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.

    Jews for Jesus practice Christianity, but consider themselves Jews still (but do not practice the Jewish religion)

    Really?  Didn't know that.  So what makes them Jewish if they don't practice Judaism?

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  • SlobinaSlobina
    imageali-1411:
    imageA&Jmom:

    I don't know, but my thought would be what you said.  Born Jew and converted to Catholicism. 

     

    imageali-1411:
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.

    Jews for Jesus practice Christianity, but consider themselves Jews still (but do not practice the Jewish religion)

    Really?  Didn't know that.  So what makes them Jewish if they don't practice Judaism?

    Well, if you ask most Jewish people, they do not recognize Jews for Jesus as Jews.  The goal of Jews for Jesus is to convert Jews to Christianity.  Here's what Wikipedia says about them:

    Jews for Jesus is a conservative, Christian evangelical organization that focuses on the conversion of Jews to Christianity.[1][2][3] Its members consider themselves to be Jews ? either as defined by Jewish law, or as according to the view of Jews for Jesus. Jews for Jesus defines ?Jewish? in terms of parentage and as a birthright, regardless of religious belief.[4] The identification of Jews for Jesus as a Jewish organization is rejected by Jewish religious denominations[5][6] and secular Jewish groups[7][8] due to the Christian beliefs of its members. The group's evangelical activities have garnered mixed reactions from other Christian individuals and organizations, largely divided between liberal and conservative Christian lines.[1][9]


    I grew up in the DC area, my dad took the commuter train into DC each to work.  Many times, he would get off the train and encounter Jews for Jesus handing out pamphlets.  They would ask my dad (who happened to be raised as a baptist, married a Jewish woman, and raised 2 Jewish children), if he wanted information on Jews for Jesus.  He would tell them, "No - I'm a Jew for Jews!"  That always cracked me up as a kid.

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  • A&JmomA&Jmom
    imageali-1411:
    imageA&Jmom:

    I don't know, but my thought would be what you said.  Born Jew and converted to Catholicism. 

     

    imageali-1411:
    My first thought was like a Jew for Jesus thing.  They practice the Jewish religion but also believe in Jesus.  Since Jesus was a Jew, it makes sense.

    Jews for Jesus practice Christianity, but consider themselves Jews still (but do not practice the Jewish religion)

    Really?  Didn't know that.  So what makes them Jewish if they don't practice Judaism?

     

    Because they were born Jewish, I guess.  I think they consider it their race, well race I guess isn't the right word, but ancestory? Like how many people that have lived in the US many generations will still tell you they are "Italian" or whatever.
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