However, I prefer not to be lectured to about why someone is considered half Jewish when in Judaism there is no such thing. If his father was Jewish and his mother was not, he is not Jewish, If his mother was Jewish and his father was not, he is Jewish.
You either are open to being corrected or you are not. Do as you wish.
Wonderful news! Your family remains in my prayers!
However, I prefer not to be lectured to about why someone is considered half Jewish when in Judaism there is no such thing.
Do I have to say for a third time that technically, from a religious viewpoint you are correct, but common usage-wise, you aren't? Just go around to any of your non-Jewish friends (I'm sure you must have some) and ask them if a person is born of one parent that is Jewish and one who is not, whether your friend would say that person is 1/2 Jewish. I think you need a reality check as to how the word Jewish is commonly used among the "masses". I'm not saying that this isn't a usage based on ignorance of the Jewish religion. It is. But it's a misconception that the vast majority of non-Jews have. No value judgment attached, just the way it is, unless you choose to ignore that which is true.