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Lone Wolf said:
Sorry Joe but I'm going to have to disagree and NO I'm not Jewish nor do I practice Judaism!
1) In Jewish tradition, Jewish ancestry is traced to the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the second millennium BCE. The Jews currently enjoy political autonomy in the State of Israel, an independent state which is located in their national homeland, the Land of Israel. It officially defines itself as a Jewish state in its Basic Laws, and is the only country in the world where Jews constitute a majority of the population.To be A Jew is a Person
2) To be Jewish is a Religion
You don't have to be a Jew to practice the religion but you do have to have the ancestry be A Jew.
1) Yes, Israel was established as a Jewish State and Homeland. No arguement there. They were tired of being persecuted.
2) To be a Jew is to follow the tenets of Judaism, period. While Jews
traditionally trace their ancestry ( if possible ) to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, it's meant figuratively. It is not, nor has it ever been a necessity- because in most cases- especially after the mass exoduses from lands of persecution going all the way back to antiquity ( like Egypt and even farther back), and especially during and after WWII, it's virtually impossible due to name changes, diversity of movement direction, destroyed documents, etc.
This is also why most "Family Trees" that Jews find on line are pretty much bogus.
Many think that the entire Semite race is the Jewish race, hence the term "Anti-semitic". However, the semitics include Arabs and many Europeans as well.
BTW- My information in this regard comes from my Mother's ( who was NOT Jewish) Uncle ( who was- EXTREMELY so). He was Rabbi Bernard Revel. Fun to Google, BTW, as he was the founder of the Theological school that trained virtually every American Rabbi up until the 50s and 60s. I recently received a neat present from my relatives. Apparently, he was put on a $1 U.S. postage stamp ( I believe in the 80s), and I received a sheet. Kinda cool.
Also, we are talking about a religion founded in the cradle of civilization- where most of humanity began. In that regard, most-but not all- of the human population's ancestry can be traced to that point....:biggrinpill:
While we're on the subject, I'd like to add that there is no such thing as "Jews For Jesus" either. The Jews still await their Messiah, the Christians feel that Jesus of Nazereth was theirs. If a Jew feels that he was the Messiah as well, then he/she is a Christian- or at least not Jewish, as this is one of the most basic differences between the two religions.
Any genetic marker than can be found in a Jewish person can be found in non-Jews as well. There is no "Jewish blood" or "Jewish race"- only a large group of very diversified backgrounds who share a similar faith.
There is no Moslem Race
There is no Christian Race
There is no Buddhist Race
Ther are no Religious Races of any kind- just people of like faith.