What is the correct term? Jewish Blood, Hebrew Blood, Israeli Blood?

Question

From what I know (which is little), Hebrew is the language.
Jewish would be the religion, right?
So would I be correct in stating that someone has "Israeli Blood"?

I forgot to say that this is for Genealogy purposes.
Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

i hav heard "hebrew blood".....

Answer 2

Hebrew is the language, Judaism is the religion, and if you follow it, you are Jewish. A person can have Jewish blood, as in, they are Jewish, or Israeli blood, as in, they are Israeli or are a descendant of an Israeli. I don't know how you could have Hebrew blood, though.

Answer 3

It would depend -

You can be Israeli and not be of Jewish faith or ancestry.

You can be Jewish and not be from Israel.

You can speak Hebrew and not be Jewish or from Israel.

It would depend on the context. Though, to be honest, I don't understand why you would need to refer to them of being "of ___ blood" anyway.

It would be more accurate to say This is my friend Joe, he's from Israel. Or, my friend Jane is coming for dinner next week. She's Jewish, so we should observe Kosher. Or even, my name is ____, I work as a scholar, translating documents out of the Hebrew text into English.

What their "blood" is really has nothing to do with who or what they are - there are only so many blood types in the world, and they're found everywhere, in all walks of life.

Answer 4

"Israeli" is a specific nationality, used only for people who were born and/or live in Israel. "Jewish" can be used for the religion, culture AND ethnicity. So if you were refering to a Jewish person who was born and lives in the U.S. or Europe (or China for that matter), you would say Jewish, not Israeli.

"Hebrew" is the language.

Are you wanting to talk about ethnicity? If so, it might be better not to use the word 'blood' -- groups like Hamas will talk about things like wanting to drink "Jewish blood", there's been so much prejudice and violence against Jews through the millenia. Better to say that someone has Jewish ancestry or an Israeli birth.

Answer 5

It depends on who you are talking about. Jewish is a religion, Hebrew is a language that Jews speak, and Israelis are for the most part Jewish I would say. Not every Jew is Israeli though...they could be Russian, Polish, etc.

Answer 6

Israeli would only refer to Jewish people who are Israeli citizens not those who are citizens of other countries, i.e. American or European Jews. You are correct that Hebrew is the language and Jewish is the religion.... generally people refer to having Jewish blood.

Answer 7

You would only be correct if the person in question was actually from Israel. And even then, it doesn't necessarily mean that the person is Jewish.

For example, a caucasian Protestant could convert to Judaism and become Jewish. Becoming Jewish did not change the person's bloodline.

Conversely, a person could have been born in Israel of Israeli parents, and become Catholic. That person would have "Israeli blood" in terms of genetics and place of birth.

In any case, making reference to a person's bloodline can often be taken as offensive, and does not always correlate to the type of person the bloodline is supposed to identify.

A person born in Israel or who has obtained Israeli citizenship should be referred to as an Israeli.

A person who follows Jewish laws and culture should be referred to as Jewish or a Jew (but be careful with inflection, as Jew can be used as a pejorative).

Answer 8

Jewish Blood

Answer 9

Jewish blood, cause Israeli can be also non-jewish people like arabics living in Israel

Answer 10

jewish is the religion, hebrew is the language, israeli is a nationality. i am jewish and i speak hebrew but i am not an israeli by birth...

Answer 11

Jewish is the ethnic group also. Israeli is only the Jews who live in Israel. (Outdated forms would be Hebrew or Israelite.)