Original sentence: Because the Reform Movement uses a guidelines approach and its standards are not considered binding, they are understood and applied (or not applied) in different ways by different Reform rabbis and individual Reform Jews.Not every movement outside the United States affiliated with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (an organization to which both Reconstructionist Judaism and American Reform Judaism belong) accepts patrilineal descent.Reform procedures for conversion to Judaism often vary from orthodox standards, and Reform Movement's decision on patrilineal descent may accept a person as a born-Jew even if the mother is non-Jewish.The Reform movement's standard states that "for those beyond childhood claiming Jewish identity, other public acts or declarations may be added or substituted after consultation with their rabbi," openning the possibility that non-religious "acts of identification" could be deemed sufficient by some Reform rabbis.This policy is commonly known as patrilineal descent.Today many Reform Jewish and secular American Jews born from originally gentile mothers consider themselves to be Jews, although they are not considered Jewish by Orthodox Judaism or Conservative Judaism
Edited sentence: However, because such standards are not considered binding in Reform Judaism, they are understood and applied (or not applied) in different ways by different Reform rabbis and individual Reform Jews.It also is stated that "for those beyond childhood claiming Jewish identity, other public acts or declarations may be added or substituted after consultation with their rabbi," openning the possibility that non-religious "acts of identification" could be deemed sufficient by some Reform rabbis.Not every movement outside the United States affiliated with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (an organization to which both Reconstructionist Judaism and American Reform Judaism belong) accepts bilineal descent.On the other hand, there are pre-Reform texts stating that an apostate is always an Israelite, but no longer a Jew; in order to be considered a Jew again, the apostate must repent.Reform procedures for conversion to Judaism often vary from orthodox standards, and Reform Jews may accept a person as a born-Jew even if the mother is non-Jewish.This policy is commonly (though somewhat inaccurately) known as patrilineal descent; bilineal descent may be a more appropriate name.Thus, today many Reform Jewish and secular American Jews born from originally gentile mothers consider themselves to be Jews, although they are not considered Jewish by Orthodox Judaism or Conservative Judaism