"Karaite FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions About Karaism". Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2005. In the Tanakh itself, Jewishness is traced primarily patrilineally. Thus, Dorothy Levin would be considered a Patrilineal Jew and a Levit—that is, a Levite woman. But her children would be considered only gentiles of Jewish descent.
"Karaite FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions About Karaism". Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2005. In the Tanakh itself, Jewishness is traced primarily patrilineally. Thus, Dorothy Levin would be considered a Patrilineal Jew and a Levit—that is, a Levite woman. But her children would be considered only gentiles of Jewish descent.
