 However, the Reform movement has indicated that this is not so cut and dried, and different situations call for consideration and differing actions.For example, Jews who have converted under duress may be permitted to return to Judaism "without any action on their part but their desire to rejoin the Jewish community" and "A proselyte who has become an apostate remains, nevertheless, a Jew".Karaite Judaism believes that Jewish identity can only be transmitted by patrilineal descent.