--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The term "Jewish people" refers to a concept more than just "people > of a specific religion". Indeed, if belonging to the Jewish faith > was a requirement for being "Jewish" probably about 60% of all Jews > wouldn't be "Jewish". > > It's like that line from Ed Burns' "She's the one": "Just because I > don't believe in God doesn't mean I stop being a good Catholic". >
The CIA Fact Book makes a distinction between ethnicity and religion. In Israel 80.1% of the people are considered to be ethnically Jewish, while 76.5% are classified as belonging to the Jewish faith (although no doubt many of these are secular, as you note): https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/is.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
