This is awesome:

[i]The Reform position on this question, referred to as Patrilineal Descent, is often misunderstood. What we say is that child born of one Jewish parent, whether it is the mother or the father, is under the PRESUMPTION of being Jewish, [B]but that his/her Jewishness must be activated by "appropriate and timely" Jewish acts[/B][/i]

I now picture someone thrusting his hands skyward, yelling "JUDAISM, ACTIVATE!"

I know we have jews here and I wish to know more about this. Is the transformation sequence really cool? What constitutes a jewish act? Are these of a religious nature, or is something like mastery of the hebrew language or engaging in insider trading enough?

e: o god what happened