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is jewish a religion or a race?


wha..? serious question.

italians are catholic so jewish poeple are jewish?

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It's a lifestyle, maaaan. No, it's a religion. I've known black and Irish and Hispanic Jewish people.

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jewish is a race and a religion then? you can be jewish but not religious

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I guess you're correct in the same way a christian can be a christian but not religious. Maybe Jewish/Christian IN NAME ONLY?

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Growing up I never got the joke about Juan Epstein on Welcome Back Kotter.

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It's a type of very tasty rye bread.

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Especially so if the race or religion in question is marbled!

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Jewish is a race.
Judaism is a religion.
Ta - daa!

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See link in next post about whether Jews are a race. I don't claim that this is definitive.

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Alright already. Ya breakin’ ya mother’s heart.

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Then I suppose you can have a Jewish Muslim. No wonder there's always explosions over in that part of the world. It's from matter/antimatter collisions!

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Right you are Andy King!

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And yet people will continue to fight about which end you should crack an egg?!

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Or whether a roll of toilet paper should be hung on the inside (so it dispenses close to the wall) or on the outside (the way normal people like me do it).

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Outside! Death to the the non-believers!

See, organised religion, how silly it looks in this context.

NB This in no way constitutes as criticism of God fearing people, just the ones that use it for their own gain.

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The worst current offenders

Peter Popoff - even after being exposed by The Amazing Randi, is still at it to this very day. Miracle water indeed.

Mike Murdock - Always asking for money. He calls it a "seed."

Joel Osteen - The Tony Robbins of religion.

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http://www.jewfaq.org/judaism.htm

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thanks for the link

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Both, right?

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Though Catholicism is the dominant religion in Italy, not everyone adheres to it. My father is from Italy and isn't religious at all.

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religion has not made my life better or worse, the church is a good institution that promotes goodness though.....but religion has always been a huge source of political problems note Martin Luther and the reformation.

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A Jewish female friend of mine once told me to be Jewish your mother has to be Jewish.

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Matrilineal descent has long been a tradition. My guess is because before the days of DNA this was the only way to be 100% sure. But this article suggests otherwise https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-matrilineal-descent/

However, anyone who wants to can convert to Judaism.

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Hasidic Orthodox Jews (or at least some of them) oppose marrying converts.

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Hasidic Judaism sprung up in the 1700s, pretty late in the game. They represent a small minority of Jews, according to Wikipedia 5% of Jews.

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There will be a lot more of them in the future Israel, since they are outbreeding everyone else there.

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