I've seen several questions asking if we as Jews are a 'race' or a 'religion'.
Many people answer 'race'. If I could just clarify that this is incorrect, in fact, because:
a) if we were a race, then nobody could convert to Judaism; clearly people do and once they have done so, they are every bit as Jewish as someone born into the faith
b) there are Jews from all ethnic backgrounds, ranging from Japanese to Swedish, Yemenite to Indian. So clearly we are not one cohesive, separate 'race'.
Make sense? :)
2007-11-26
11:32:28
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