[Avodah] ktuba of son of non jewish father

[Daniel Eidensohn]

Rav Moshe Feinstein says not to write a kesuba in a way which people 
will assume that a non-Jew is Jewish

Y.D. III 106.3
Y.D. I 159

On 4/29/2011 10:54 AM, menucha wrote:
> a kallah who is modern orthodox from birth is marrying a son of a jewish
> mother and non jewish father.  They were told that the chatan's name in
> the ktuba would be written as (names are being changed) David ben Malka
> bat Dov, i.e him the son of his jewish mother, who is the daughter of
> dov her jewish father.
> The chatan is distraught at the thought of his father not being
> mentioned, and by the fact that this is not "the normal way of writing a
> ketuba".
> There are definitely issues here of not getting the chatan "turned off
> to judaism" etc.
> does anyone know of any piskei halacha on this issue, or have an idea of
> a Rav who would be worth discussing this with?
> one idea which came up is by using the names of both parents for both
> bride and groom.
> aviva bat reuven veleah, and david ben malka vechristopher.
> any leads would be appreciated.
> thanks
> menucha
>
>
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