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Does Chabad at Columbia University consider Reform, Conservative, or non-practicing Jews as “real” Jews?

April 26, 2017Chabad Columbia conservative Jews non-practicing reform

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Does Chabad at Columbia University consider Reform, Conservative, or non-practicing Jews as “real” Jews?

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Chabad avoids labeling other Jews, since it tends to divide and create barriers. Jewish Law has traditionally considered anyone born of a Jewish mother or converted in accordance with Jewish Law to be a Jew, regardless of his or her degree of observance.