Jews

[kookiestealer]

I don't understand why there is a ethcinity attatched to Jews? Isn't Judaism a religon? If someone wanted to convert from Christianity to Judaism, would they not be seen as "fully" jews because they are not born into the religion? 

 

I also saw a woman who said she was "fully jewish". If she married a non-jewish man that later converted to the religon, would their child still be considered "fully jewish"?

[Grape Soda]

Jewish is the name of a religion and culture

[smrookies girls]

I'll try to be clear as my english is limited, but basically the Jews were the population who lived in Israel/Palestine during Jesus Christ and before (that's why after, the 2nd WW, the jews have been sent back to this territory even if they left centuries and millenium ago). The Jews were people with their own religion  and at the time, they all lived in the same place (so there wasn't jews let's say in Europe or Asia) since centuries. I don't remember why, but at some point they had to leave their land because they were persecuted (I'm not surprised, even in the Bible you can read that the Jews were not really appreciated at the time). But everywhere they went, they were persecuted (the most famous example is the 2nd WW). I'm not a specialist of the Jewish religion, but I think that unlike the Christians or the Muslims, the Jews don't have a policy of "extending" their religion to the world. It's "hard" to become a Jew and to be integrated so most Jews are jews because of their families and are Jews for centuries and they usually marries people with their religion so they "keep the jewish blood" into their community.

Because of that and the incredible amount of migrations of the Jews, they stayed homogenous and that's why they are often referred as an ethnicity.

 

I guess that if a "fully jewish" woman marries a non jewish man, their child will be mixed. Or Jewish if they decide to educate him with the jewish culture and religion. I don't think that Jewish people care a lot about someone being fully jewish or not, as long as the person sincerely believes in their God and is integrated to their culture. I think they respect more someone who recently became Jewish (and is not ethnically Jewish) but really believe in this religion and try their best to be integrated than someone who's born Jewish but don't care about the religion and the culture.

 

If you want more infos you should read the wikipedia's page, there's a page entirely dedicated to the Jewish history. And if I said something wrong please tell me, that's just what I heard and learnt

[Artemis]

Judaism isn’t simply a religion. Jews are an ethnic-group. It is an ethno-religion, a religion tied up in a specific culture and ethnicity. Jewish people share a heritage, culture, religion and traditions.

 

If someone were to formally convert (not a simple process) they would be considered Jewish. Read here for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism

 

Yes, their child would be considered fully Jewish. By Reform and Reconstructionist movements, Judaism can be passed down patrilineally as well as matrilineally. In Conservative and Orthodox Judaism, it is only passed matrilineally. If the mother is Jewish, the father's religion doesn't matter, the child is considered Jewish anyway. 

 

I recommend this tumblr blog if you wish to know more: https://returnofthejudai.tumblr.com/

[katsu curry chips]

jews are an ethno-religious group, not a solely religious or ethnic group, but one in which ties are determined by ethnic as well as cultural, historical, linguistic and religious (ritualistic) community. ex of ethnic group, yoruba people etc. ex of religious group, muslims, buddhists etc. other examples of ethno-religious groups, yazidis.