Is it correct to refer to a practioner of Judaism, or citizen of Israel, as a "Jew"?

Answer 1

a practioner yes. though grammarically it would be He is a Jew or he is jewish. a citizen on the other hand is just an israely.

Answer 2

Usually Yes and "not always".

A Jew is anyone born of a Jewish mother or who has converted to Judaism according to the dictates of Jewish religious law.
This applies even if they do NOT practice Judaism.
Also, if someone decides on their own to, practice Judaism but were not born Jewish and did NOT convert, they are not considered a Jew merrely because they practice the religion.
Which is why said "usually yes".

A citizen of Israel is someone who has that nationality. Not all Israelis are Jewish. Only about 80-85% are. The rest are Arab (Muslim or Christian) or Chrisitian.
So, the chances are an Israeli is a Jew, but "not always".

Answer 3

A Judaism practitioner is called a Jewish regardless of race, colour, or family background. "Jew" is short for Jewish, but rather distinguishedly identified during the WW2 where "Jews" were terminated and hence the term sounds rather rethoric if compared to Jewish. Reciprocal, but Jewish is more decent to be named. A citizen of Israel is an Israelit. Jew is one of its religions, thus there will be Jews in Israel. No doubt, the origin of Judaism is in Israel, but modern day Israelits can be Muslims and other religions as well. Hence it's not wise to assume all Israel citizens to be Jews because they may be not.

Answer 4

Yes, you can call a person a Jew. But not all citizens of Israel are Jewish. There are muslims, christians, and others.

Answer 5

Your confusion seems to come from it commonly, though perhaps not the majority of times, being used in a derogatory manner (e.g. those Jews...). So just as one could speak unhighly of anyone, in an unkind tone, it would tend to become a wrong word. One could say, "I am a Jew" or are you a Jew? But it does seem that asking if "you are Jewish is better."

You might not want to call Israelis Jews as they include Christians, Muslim, Druze (not Jews) and tourists.

Answer 6

AS far as I know, the term 'Jew' is not an epithet.

While 'Jew' is short for Jewish, and refers to religion, people from Israel should generally be referred to as Israeli. A Jew can be from anywhere, whereas Israeli are from Israel, and can be any religion.

Answer 7

Rather than saying, "he's a Jew," it's probably better say "he's Jewish."

Not all Israeli citizens are Jewish. Israelis are Christians, Muslims, Jewish, and other. Someone who is from Israel is an "Israeli."

Answer 8

No because a good portion of the citizens of Israel (the country) are Arab.

Answer 9

most take no offense to it. but FYI

Jews come from the tribe of Judah all others would be called Hebraic