What are jews?

Answer 1

Jews are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people, also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel, an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and from converts who joined their religion. The term also includes those who have undergone an officially recognized formal process of religious conversion to Judaism. The current Jewish population is over 14.5 million, the majority of whom live in Israel and the U.S.A.

Answer 2

Firstly its not what are Jews, but who are Jews? Secondly have respect by spelling Jews with a capital 'J', okay, thats better. Now Jews are a sect of peoples who follow the doctrines of Judasim, which is an ancient religon, I'm a Catholic, but an English man, been English or British is my Nationality, but Catholisim is the religon, I follow. Basically I feel that the Jews, have had a raw deal throughout history, and I feel ashamed on behalf of the Catholics, that did'nt do more to help the Jewish people during the second World War, but hey Rome was under German occupation, so was hard to do anything really, without attracting more loss of life, but the future is bright, its all in the past, theres no future in looking back............

Answer 3

The origin of the Jews [1] is traditionally dated to around 1800 BCE [citation needed] with the biblical account of the birth of Judaism.

The Merneptah Stele, dated at 1200 BCE, is one of the earliest archaeological records of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where they further developed a monotheistic religion and enjoyed periods of self-determination. As a result of foreign conquests and expulsions starting in the 8th century BCE, a Jewish diaspora was formed. Defeats in the Jewish-Roman Wars in the years 70 CE and 135 notably contributed to the numbers and geography of the diaspora, as significant numbers of the Jewish population of the Land of Israel were expelled and sold to slavery throughout the empire. Since then, Jews lived throughout Europe and the greater Middle East, surviving discrimination, oppression, poverty, and even genocide (see the article anti-Semitism), with occasional periods of cultural, economic, and individual prosperity.

Until the late 18th century, the terms Jews and adherents of Judaism were practically synonymous, and Judaism was the prime binding factor among the Jews, although it was not strictly required to be followed in order to belong to the Jewish people. Following the Age of Enlightenment and its Jewish counterpart Haskalah, a gradual transformation occurred where many Jews came to view being a member of the Jewish nation as separate from adhering to the Jewish faith.

The Hebrew name Yehudi (plural Yehudim) came into being when the Kingdom of Israel was split between the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. The term originally referred to the people of the southern kingdom, although the term B'nei Yisrael (Israelites) was still used for both groups. After the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom leaving the southern kingdom as the only Israelite state, the word Yehudim gradually came to refer to people of the Jewish faith as a whole, rather than those specifically from Judah. The English word Jew is ultimately derived from Yehudi (see Etymology). Its first use in the Bible to refer to the Jewish people as a whole is in the Book of Esther.

Answer 4

Jewish people. It's like one of the world's major religions, but also has ethnic overtones. For example people born "jewish" may consider themselves jewish even if they don't ever go to temple and don't even believe in god etc. You kind of need to know the context to know what a person means. Jews were mass murdered during the holocaust. Many jews live in new york. Israel is a jewish state...

Answer 5

The Israelite tribe of Judah are called Jews. Today many aquaint all of the tribes of Israel as Jews but that is a misconception.

Answer 6

The term Jew originally referred to the residents of Judea.

The term is now used by all kinds of people who have no relation to those people, but it is properly used to define people who practice Judaism.

Any other use of the term is a misuse of the term.

Answer 7

A race of People whom it would seem have suffered persecution throughout history, whenever there is a problem this race of people are seen to be the cause and are made to suffer the consequences.
I have not brought into account how true or false the History of blame is, because I am not qualified to decide.

Answer 8

People who follow or believe in Judaism and who either have a Jewish mother or have converted.

Answer 9

An annoying group of people.

Answer 10

Well they deserve a capital letter for a start.