Any Jew, being of age, shall be eligible to membership in the Congregation. To be considered a Jew, one must be a member of the Jewish people. A Jew is defined as any child born to two Jewish parents. A child of one Jewish parent who is raised exclusively as a Jew AND whose Jewish status is established through appropriate and timely public and formal acts of identification with the Jewish faith and people is Jewish. These acts include entry into the covenant, acquisition of a Hebrew name, Torah study, b’nai mitzvah (bar/bat mitzvah) or through conversion by an ordained Rabbi.
