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[–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You cannot be born a Jew.

Funny, how wrong you are, ALL THE TIME

What does Rabbi Vinas have to day on the matter?

http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2008/06/rabbi-vinas-replies-to-criticism-ii.html

... the Torah directs us (Deuteronomy 17:15) to set upon ourselves a king from "amidst our brethren," meaning that the one chosen must be born a Jew, the Gemara (Kiddushin 76b) explains that this direction extends to all appointments of authority