--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" > > > <larry.potter@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > b. It's [Israel] the only place Jews can call home. > > > > > > > > > > Other than the various countries they are citizens of, you > mean? > > > > > > > > A good point. Can you point to any other religion on > > > > the planet that has a nation specifically reserved > > > > as (or even considered as) "home" to members of that > > > > religion? > > > > > > Not sure, but some Native American tribal religions > > > might qualify, at least in terms of certain regions > > > of what became the United States. It may be true > > > of some African tribal religions as well, perhaps > > > others here and there. > > > > > > The thing is that Jews are historically a *tribe*, > > > rather than just a group of folks who believe in > > > the same religion (and the tribe includes secular > > > Jews). Tribes do tend to have homelands. > > > > Historically they were 12 tribes, but can anyone today identify > > which tribe their family might belong to? > > > > Amd Palestinian Arabs might well be more genetically Jewish than > > the Europeans, who were often converts, rather than inheriting from > > an unbroken matrilineal tradition. > > Converts become full members of the tribe, according > to Jewish law. >
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