As far as I know, I am JEWISH and have no religion so you must be wrong. you can't pass a religion via the blood of the mother.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Caucasian Jews > AFAIK, begin Jewish is not a race, it's a religion. I thought that Israelis were semites, which is a race. > > Regards, > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: Caucasian Jews > > > > > > The simple answer: > > If your mother is jewish, then you are jewish, like it or not. > > If you convert to judaism, you are also jewish. > > > > To me its slightly different - I make a distinction between the race of > > people jews and the religion jewish. I, judith, michael, ben are all of the > > jewish race. Michael, Judith and Ben are all of the jewish religion as well > > (although they practice very differently). I have no religion. To me, you > > cannot convert to the jewish race, just the religion. > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
