Is Jewishness more a matter or religion or ethnicity? Apart from self-identification, what (if any) is the common thread between non-religious Jews of European extraction and non-religious Jews of Middle-eastern extraction?
2006-07-25 11:03:27 · 5 answers · asked by BlahBlahBlah 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Jewish is more that a religion. Now there are converts to Judism, that is different. Jews are God's chosen people. Jesus was a Jew. Jews are are also called Hebrew. It is a culture, a race, an ethnic group, a religion, and a way of life. There are many religions with in the religion ---Orthodox, conservative and liberal Jews and things in between.including those who do not practice their religion.
2006-07-25 11:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by birth, they are jewish. some less observant branches of the religion still stress the "cultural" elements if not the practice.
2006-07-25 18:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ethnicity first religion next
2006-07-25 18:05:59 · answer #3 · answered by Track Walker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is religion first, then ethnicity. there are middle eastern jews, european jews, american jews, black jews etc.
2006-07-25 18:06:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no one else wants them so they go back to there (own)
2006-07-25 18:07:28 · answer #5 · answered by cheeseisgoodstuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋