Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
A Jewish friend tells me that his interpretation is that if he converted to Christianity he would still be bound by Kosher restrictions.
… the majority of Jews see being Jewish as predominantly a matter of ancestry and culture, rather than religion.^[1]^[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew? In other words, "Christian Jew" is no more a contradiction than a "Christian Berber" or "Christian Celt". OTOH your friend might be referring these guys, who are both ethnoculturally and religiously Jewish, but are forced at swordpoint to disavow the latter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anusim
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-death-penalty-in-jewish-traditi...
Above is one article about the death penalty in the Jewish tradition. As that article makes clear even though there are some verses that clearly state that the death penalty is required if you consider the entire Torah along with the traditions for interpreting it then it's a very different issue.
That would also critically depend whether your sect follows the LETTER of the law, or the SPIRIT of the law. e.g. is any kind of melakhah forbidden on Shabbat, or only the 39 melakhoth specifically mentioned? :-) cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textualism
In all the times I've been involved in religious and political discussions on the Internet there has only been one other person who has demonstrated such an ability, and he's Jewish. It's a poor showing for team Christianity.
Jews have been Europe's go-to patsy for millenia, so I'm not surprised there are a few who can quote scripture in self-defense :-P (A favourite trick of monarchs was to ban Jewish residents from taking any job other than tax collecting. Then once the taxes are in, to turn around and tell everybody "hey don't blame me for taxing you so harshly, it was probably those bloody Jews not following my orders properly!" —Hrm, I can't find a cite for that, so ICBW!)