Reform Judaism has been around long enough that it’s entirely possible for someone today to be descended maternally from over 5 generations of Reform affiliated Jewish women (it’s been around since the ~1860’s). Reform has also c*nvert*d (I don’t want the bot to mark this as a c0nv3rs10n question) people throughout its entire existence to today.
If a Reform Jew joins/attends some orthodox kiruv program, wants to get married with an orthodox ketuba, or become traditionally observant and join an orthodox synagogue, how is their halachic status checked? In my experience you usually need documentation about your mother, and sometimes your grandmother, but never anything more than that.
Have there been any teshuvot/responsa about this topic? Can any orthodox rabbis or people with direct experience weigh in? (This has absolutely nothing to do with negative judgements of the Reform movement, just the question of someone moving from Reform to orthodox)
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