Since Israel is one of the least religious countries (Haaretz) what is a Jew?
As the arguments around antisemitism become more absurd, its time to go back to the beginning.
Since Israel is one of the least religious countries (Haaretz) what is a Jew?
Comments about Jews come loaded with a lot of false assumptions ("This is what they preach in their book" etc). "Jew" can refer to several different things at once: an ethnicity, a people, a matrilineal inheritance, a culture, and a religion. Which meaning is intended depends on the context. A Jew can be an atheist.
Jewish identity in Israel is expressed through language (especially Hebrew), family heritage, national history, holidays, and culture rather than religious practice.
posted by Satish Sharma at
04:26
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