Is being jewish a race?

[sunshine]

i appreciate there are jews from different biological backgrounds

but you are born jewish regardless of your beliefs if your mother is jewish

so doesnt that kinda make it a race, you cant really opt out of it, your jewish from birth... or not?

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[andak01]

And if it's a race, how do you know who wins?

[Christian_Iran]

Jews are not a race its a people like turanians or latinos.

Some jews are european, others semitic et c, and arabs are semetic to.

Its a people.

[Mediocrates]

It's a curse

[The Israeli Guy]

Jews are not a race its a people like turanians or latinos.

Jews are an ethnic group who belong to one family with DNA that they have.

In the 01:05:20 (one hour, 5 minutes and 20 seconds) of this video (it doesn't work at Sabbath) you can watch an article that was broadcasted in Israel channel 2 about a research that shows that all the Cohens worldwide are descendants of one man (the first Jewish priest - Aaron).

Some jews are european, others semitic et c, and arabs are semetic to.

They are not European Jews. They are Jews who live in Europe. They are living all over the world because they were exiled from Israel 2000 years ago by the Romans.

You can't compare the Jews who live in Europe to the local Europeans, the Jews in Europe (at least those who don't assimilate) keep their seperate tradition and they are strangers there.

There are Christians and Muslims all over the world because these religions were forced on them all over the world. The Jews in Europe have no roots in Europe as much as the local Europeans have.

[#13]

Yes, NewsGuy, Cohanim and Leviim are indeed a race since to be a Cohen or a Levi one has to be born to a Cohen or a Levi father.

However, to be Jewish one can convert from any other race making Jews not a race, though, if someone is born to a Jewish mother, the child is automatically Jewish, somewhat like a newborn to an American is automatically an American, and yet america is not a race.

The concept of Jewish derives from a nation born during the Exodus from Egypt where we accepted upon ourselves a divine Constitution upon which all the Laws and Ammendments are based.

Happy Birthday - Pesach!

[The Israeli Guy]

Yes, NewsGuy, Cohanim and Leviim are indeed a race since to be a Cohen or a Levi one has to be born to a Cohen or a Levi father.

Not only the Cohanim but other Jews have a certain DNA.

However, to be Jewish one can convert from any other race making Jews not a race, though, if someone is born to a Jewish mother, the child is automatically Jewish, somewhat like a newborn to an American is automatically an American, and yet america is not a race.

Wrong.

Those who "convert" (the correct word is not convert but giur) are not Jews but Ger Tzedek. Even in the morning pray they are mentioned and they will remain as Ger Tzedek for the rest of their life.

Convertion is between religions. If a Chinese wants to believe in some religion then he converts to that religion.

Jews are not allowed to marry people from other nations but they can marry gentiles who abandon their religions and accept to join the Jewish nation.

[KettleWhistle]

The concept of Jewish derives from a nation born during the Exodus from Egypt where we accepted upon ourselves a divine Constitution upon which all the Laws and Ammendments are based.

No, the concept of Bnei Israel derives from our common origin and history, as descendants of the Biblical Jacob (Israel). The word Jewish has etymological roots in the ancient kingdom of Judaea, and more or less is nothing other than modern way of saying "Judaean".

Both have to do with a national, not a religious, identity. Your attempts to deny our history is really nothing short of outright dishonesty. Even if you can't pull your head from under your tail and see that there is more to this world than what's written in your religious books, including things like history and common culture, try to read those books of yours. They clearly describe the Jews as people of common descent with a common ethno-national character.

[KettleWhistle]

i appreciate there are jews from different biological backgrounds

but you are born jewish regardless of your beliefs if your mother is jewish

so doesnt that kinda make it a race, you cant really opt out of it, your jewish from birth... or not?

help

It's an ethnicity. Jews are by and large descendants of ancient Hebrews.