Being born of a Jewish mother simply means your in already. Otherwise you have to convert. That kind of makes it both. As there are specific genes that can be traced to Jews, the race part has to be true. As there are practices that others can accept onto themselves, the religion part has to be true. Leave it to us to make something so confusing for others. :)
>Thats interesting because even the most orthodox of jews consider me a jew. >A bad jew maybe but a jew nonetheless. > >My friend was asked by her son whether being a jew is being a religion or >being a race because his teacher taught him its a religion. She called me >to ask - I said that it wasnt' quite clear but quite frankly if its passed >via the mother, how could it be just a religion? The teacher told the kid >he was incorrect and its a religion. Ah well. ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
