Judith, I'm not contending the cultural identity of being Jewish and I know from personal experience that there are many non-religious Jews. I was simply trying to interject a point about the misnomer of this thing we call "race".
To be pedantic, I wouldn't call it a nationality either. Isreali is a nationality, and there are many non-jewish Israeli. And that gets really weird in this whole discussion. We have a peoples that were originally defined by their religion being non-religious and we have citizens of a country that was originally bequeathed by a god that some of the citizens don't even believe in. It's no wonder there is confusion. Kevin Graeme > So call it nationality. The point is, the thing that makes a Jew > a Jew, even if he or she doesn't practice the religion, has to do > with whether or not his or her mother is a Jew, or whether or not > the person in question converted to Judaism (a true conversion). > This is the traditional view by Jewish law. So if you don't want > to call it race, call it something else, but it's not strictly a > religion thing. > > Judith > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
