I met this girl and asked her race she said "I'm Jewish." I said "Oh where are you parents from?" She said " Israel" I thought to myself well doesn't that make you Israeli-American and you religion is Jewish? I also went to high school with a black guy who said he was Jewish some answers please!
2007-08-21 16:34:49 · 12 answers · asked by mike v 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
religion. if u dont know anything about juduism its better to keep quiet cuz u can keep ur religion anywhere as long as u keep it. ( dont wanna sound rude) and ppl can convert
2007-08-21 16:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by mmmmm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is both. Hitler didn't care about religion. He was creating a master race and was weeding out what he thought were lesser races...including Jews. There are people who describe themselves as "non-practicing Jews" meaning they are ethnically Jewish but not religiously so. Judaism is the traditional religion of the ethnically Jewish people. Almost all religious Jews are either ethnically Jewish or are married to an ethnic Jew, because Judaism does not encourage conversion (other than in the case of marriage) - it is the religion of a certain group of people, and those outside that group need not concern themselves with it.
2007-08-21 16:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religion, being Jewish is a faith being Israeli is Ethnicity. You can be a Christian borned in Israel even though both of your parents are of the Jewish religion. You aren't consided a Jew but are a Israeli Christian decendent of Jews. It's very complicated.
2007-08-21 16:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judaism is more than a religion. It is a way of life.
We Jews come in all colors and from all over the world.
As for Israelis, most of them are Jewish, and some are Christian, Armenian, Arab, Muslim, Druzi, etc...
2007-08-21 17:14:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually through Israel the Jews are evolving from a religion to a culture... that's an omen for the future.. there will be no religions in the future.
2007-08-21 17:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a religion... but people often even myself say Jew is an ethnicity because its easier to describe to someone what area your ancestry is from instead of being general and saying Arabic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew#Ethnic_divisions
2007-08-21 16:47:37 · answer #6 · answered by Indiana Raven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her nationality is Israeli. She is an Israeli Jew and her religion is Judaism. Her race is human.
My nationality is American; I am an American Jew. My religion is Judaism. My race is human.
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2007-08-21 16:49:29 · answer #7 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
both and as an adjective, it means religion in one circumstance and ethnicity in another
2007-08-21 16:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by I Love Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think its both. but more of a religion. but then agian my dad looks rly jewish lol. but ppl don't look christian or catholic
2007-08-21 16:45:10 · answer #9 · answered by V 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a religion.
2007-08-21 17:03:02 · answer #10 · answered by Mimi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋