Why are certain people described as Jews when they are not practicing Judaism?

Question

Jewish is not a race it is a religion, there is no such thing as jewish blood. Could it be that some call themselves jews because they think they will be treated or thought of as special?

Answer 1

One is Jewish if he was born of a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism in accordance with Jewish Law.

A born Jew remains Jewish even if he violates the precepts of Judaism.

There is no racial criterion whatsoever, and Jews are present in all races.

Answer 2

You're right. Judaism is not a race, but it is a nationality. Jews are those people descended from the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons. Regardless of their religious preference, they are still Jewish.

Answer 3

I think you are wrong. Being Jewish is as much a racial thing as a religious thing. I just do not believe that people act in the way you suggest.

Answer 4

Maybe they think that anyone who follows the old testament is Jewish...2 cent guess.

I don't know are they treated and thought of as special?

Answer 5

Racially, jews are non Arab Semites and are often recognisable as jews. Semites are a sub species of caucasoids although it is claimed that one of the tribes of israel fled to Ethiopia and unexplainably turned Negro.

Answer 6

The same could be thought for every religion but my friend the best advice I was ever given.... Never talk politics nor religion amongst friends!

Answer 7

Probably the same reason people are called Italian, French, or Scottish and never visited there. Their ancestry may be from Jerusalem.

Answer 8

just the sheer ignorant human nature of generalizing people.

Why is every black person an automatic card holding member of the so called "black community?"

I never hear of White or Asian community?

Sheer generalization my friend