Why do some say a person is 1/2 Jewish? How can someone be 1/2 of a religion? And, why not 1/2 Christian? I do not understand this at all. A person may have parents of different religions, but that person is 100% of which ever religion he is following.
2006-12-15 10:22:31 · 13 answers · asked by Shossi 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am Jewish----and I do not understand.
2006-12-15 10:29:47 · update #1
I don't think they say that in a religious sense, but in an ethnic, genealogical sense, as you would say of someone that he has an English mother and a French father or someone like that. That would make this person half English and half French.
2006-12-15 10:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by todaywiserthanyesterday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not Jewish if you didn't grow up in a Jewish household. Did you have a bar mitzvah? Did you celebrate all the Jewish holidays? If not, you must learn about your heritage and convert just the same as any other convert.
It's the Christians who tell you that you are Jewish whether you want to be or not -- not the Jews. If your mother had converted to Judaism, you would have been a born Jew just the same as if your mother had been a born Jew.
It's up to you to decide who you are, but I certainly hope you will learn about your Jewish heritage!
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2006-12-15 10:43:35 · answer #2 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well by saying your 1/2 Chirstian, 1/2 Jewish, which means your mother and father are either jewish or christian
2006-12-15 10:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by glen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they probably mean is that both parents are not Jewish. It's just a common way to say that one parent is Jewish and the other isn't.
2006-12-15 10:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by barrych209 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jewish is more than a religion it is also a people, lie arabic or Irish However, if the mother is/was jewish, the person is considered Jewish.
2006-12-15 10:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by judy r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jewish People believe you can only be Jewish by your mother.So if your mother is the one who is non Jewish only your father is than you are not classed as Jewish at all.
2006-12-15 10:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by Sherzade 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's considered a race of sorts, hence the 1/2. It really shoudn't matter, though.
2006-12-15 10:26:14 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being Jewish is thought of as both a racial/ethnic identity as well as a religious identity.
2006-12-15 10:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you can be considered a Jew when your mother is Jewish
2006-12-15 10:32:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some Jews are stupid enough to think they are a race when they are not. I know hispanic, black, and even asian jews.
2006-12-15 10:29:58 · answer #10 · answered by Alucard 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋