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feedthe5000:
You are not making much sense here.
First of all, if Jewish organizations say the group is not Jewish, its participants are not Jews and statements otherwise are misleading.
Some of the so-called "Jews for Jesus" were once Jewish, but converted to fundamentalist Christianity.
Former or apostate Jews that have rejected Judaism and embraced an outside religious belief system are not a reliable source regarding Judaism and its practices, but rather have their own religious agenda.
Again, the founder of the group "Jews for Jesus" is a Baptist minister.
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He is a Baptist Minister who used to be Jewish, when he came to Christ naturally he wanted to share with other Jews on how Christ impacted his Life.
According to Wikipedia
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used. For discussions of the religious views on who is a Jew and how these views differ from each other, please see Who is a Jew?. Generally, in modern secular usage, Jews include three groups: people who practice Judaism and have a Jewish ethnic background (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), people without Jewish parents who have converted to Judaism; and those Jews who, while not practicing Judaism as a religion, still identify themselves as Jewish by virtue of their family's Jewish descent and their own cultural and historical identification with the Jewish people.[/color:1acd295494]
Also according to Jewsfaq.com
Who is a Jew?
A Jew is any person whose mother was a Jew or any person who has gone through the formal process of conversion to Judaism.
It is important to note that being a Jew has nothing to do with what you believe or what you do[/color:1acd295494]. A person born to non-Jewish parents who has not undergone the formal process of conversion but who believes everything that Orthodox Jews believe and observes every law and custom of Judaism is still a non-Jew, even in the eyes of the most liberal movements of Judaism, and a person born to a Jewish mother who is an atheist and never practices the Jewish religion is still a Jew[/color:1acd295494], even in the eyes of the ultra-Orthodox. In this sense, Judaism is more like a nationality than like other religions, and being Jewish is like a citizenship. See What Is Judaism?
This has been established since the earliest days of Judaism. In the Torah, you will see many references to "the strangers who dwell among you" or "righteous proselytes" or "righteous strangers." These are various classifications of non-Jews who lived among Jews, adopting some or all of the beliefs and practices of Judaism without going through the formal process of conversion and becoming Jews. Once a person has converted to Judaism, he is not referred to by any special term; he is as much a Jew as anyone born Jewish.
If an athesit can still be a jew why not someone who converts to a christian?