yrgirlkv

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oh while i'm here and to get clarity on something i saw a while ago: is judaism considered to be a "closed religion" by those who follow it? i once saw someone describe it that way and it struck me as a very odd way to label to apply here


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in reply to @yrgirlkv's post:

as a not-super-practicing Jew: depends how you define it, I guess? like, converting to Judaism is a thing people can do, but my understanding is it's a whole process you have to go through, and from a halakhic standpoint you can't just go "I'm gonna start following Judaism" and become Jewish just like that. but idk how complicated conversion is for other religions, and whether "closed" means "you can't join without going through a process and getting invited in" or "you can't join, period"

this was a tumblr post suggesting that outsiders who were interested in jewish culture/religion/history but who didn't want to "intrude upon a closed religion" turn to jewish academia, without much further elaboration

(n.b.: I wouldn't say I follow Judaism as a religion but would say I am a Jew)

"Closed religion" sounds like either someone who wouldn't accept conversions, or is trying to draw a distinction between Judaism and Christianity/Islam. I've known ultra-orthodox Jews who would not accept converts, but I think that's a fringe position. More likely it's the latter case, I guess? To distinguish Judaism from the dominant Abrahamic religions? It wouldn't be the language I use either way

You can convert to Judaism by following a process involving a mikvah. Jews don't care about reaching out and getting conversions in the same way as Christianity and it's emphasis on prosletyzing though

Closed religion in this case means that if you are not Jewish and not in a formal conversion process, you shouldn't do something like hosting a passover seder (attending one held by a Jew is fine).