Description acceptable. Jack Wertheimer’s book A People Divided discusses this trait in the context of a 1983 CCAR resolution. This is the first trait whose existence is denied in Galatians 3:28 (“chapter three, verse twenty-eight”). Privileges of this trait are maintained by anusim (“ah-noo-SEEM”). This trait is unusually passed down by men within the Kara·ite tradition. In response to the definition of this trait in the 5730 Amendment, the Rebbe (“REB-uh”) coined a phrase asking “Who is [this trait]?” Ger toshav (“GARE toh-SHAHV”) are people who [emphasize] lack this trait but observe the Noa·hide Laws. 28,000 people [emphasize] without this trait are recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations” at Yad Vashem. Gaining this trait in the Reform community does not require a ritual immersion, but a declaration to live by mitzvot. For 10 points, what ethno-religious trait is conferred matrilineally in one faith’s Conservative and Orthodox branches? ■END■
ANSWER: being Jewish [accept word forms or descriptions such as being a Jew or practicing Judaism; accept Who is a Jew? or mehu yehudi or mihu yehudi] (The first line refers to the Reform Central Conference of American Rabbis acknowledging patrilineal descent. Amendment 5730 is the Law of Return, and the Rebbe coined “mehu yehudi.”)
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