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Is there an obligation to circumcise a child that was born to a Gentile mother and a Jewish father?

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Is there an obligation to circumcise a child that was born to a Gentile mother and a Jewish father?

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The obligation is for a Jew to circumcise his Jewish child. However the Jewish law states that Judaism follows the mother and if the mother is non-Jewish then unless there is a proper conversion (to the mother) the child is not Jewish and does not require circumcision.