a question about Judaism?

Question

Ok Someone can be half jewish which is a sign of race however you can convert to Judaism which is a sign of religion. So is being Jewish a race or religion?

Answer 1

I say both, others have other opinions...

Not a race, but an ETHNIC GROUP.

Jewish believer in Jesus...

Answer 2

Interesting question.

I am Polish and Yugoslavian. I am a Christian What am I?

I would think that Judaism is a religion and Jewish is a race of people... but I wonder??? The people of Israel were known as Jews almost from the beginning of their inheritance.

Answer 3

Jewish by blood through one's mother is only partially jewish, or perhaps better said, it is not representative of jews but holds the potential to be.
When someone is jewish through his mother (or having undergone a kosher conversion) AND practices judaism, then that person represents the jewish people and can properly be called jewish. (I suppose one might say that such a person is a "completed jew".)

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Answer 4

It can be considered one of the two or both. It depends on the person. I know a guy who sees it as his race (he calls himself Jewish-Ukrainian) and other people who just see it as a religion.

Answer 5

if you think of judaism as a nation, you will have a lot less trouble. you can be born american, or you can gain citizenship. in the same way, you can be born a jew, or you can "gain citizenship" by converting.

the jewish people consider themselves the nation of israel.

Answer 6

jewish is a religion, hebrew is the ethnic group

Answer 7

most Jews don't know they are Jewish (Anglo-Saxon "sons of Issac") and many Jews are mixed raced and don't know it.Even Jesus said "your not Hebrew" to those who thought they were!

Answer 8

It's both, and you answered your own question. Why wouldn't it be both?

Answer 9

both

Answer 10

both, now