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Is "Jewish" a Race or a Religion?
Here comes Ghanha with all of lifes answers!!!
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Judaism is strictly a religion. It is not a race.
There are Jews of many different races. It it were a race, all Jews would be of the same race.
Judaism is a religion, Jews are a race. A non-follower of Judaism is still a Jew. This is something that will be a never ending debate. I never read into this, but my father- an archeology/ancient history nut, would tell me bout' these findings. I disagree with this but- i figured i should state this.
He says that the Jews migrated to parts of western europe and different tribes settled in different places. The aryans were supposodley a blonde haired blue eyed tribe of jews that settled through out all of europe. Some of the tribes broke off into what is now ireland and may have been the first druids. They have so called proof of this, the biggest proof is Britain. It actually means convenant land in old hebrew. Bri' meaning convenant, tain meaning land. So, it is logical to belive this, but I don't.
Why? Jew is a label. Jewish people have charectoristics. Its true, they are INVESTMENT bankers, run media, lawyers and doctors and are ussually democrats. This is just a common stereo type that we all know, but a true one. You all know I hate most jews, but, lets put that aside and face facts. Stereo types are real. I don;t know if a jew is or isnt a race, and im a jew. They are semites, descendants of shem, would that qualify them as a race? Or a sub-race of some sort? Thats not for me to say. But one thing I know, Jew is a label. I can tell if someone is a jew or not. This is where the controversy of if they are a race or not falls into place. How did hitler kill 6 million jews? You cant just point at your average blonde person and say, hes a jew. You pick by features. Since they are white, they can be mistaken. But, Jews have big noses- a jewish nose is very distinct, brown eyes, brown hair, and ussually the guys are kinda hairy!!! (Well, I am, and most jewish guys I knew were hairy too- but I think thats from being bread in with other races. I'm 1/4 german, 1/2 jew, and the rest of me is some wierd mix of scottish, english, and russian.)
Jews are a label, atleast, if not a race. Not everyone acts jewish, this is why I dont belive we are all jews. Plain n' simple, Jew is a label for a group of ppl who followed the same religion and at one point bread in with people just like them(personality)