PSA: Jews are a racial group

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen this misconception way too many times on this board.

Jews are a racial group. You don’t have to be ethnically Jewish to be Jewish, but Ashkenazi and Sephardic are ethnic identities. You can never practice Judaism and still be Jewish if you have that ethnic background.

[Anonymous]

Don’t forget Ethiopian Jews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Ethiopian Jews.

Absolutely. I knew there were a few sub-ethnicities I forgot about.

[Anonymous]

Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

Just stop.

I don’t know about Muslims or Hindus, but yes — Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (as well as some others) are considered racial groups. I had the Ashkenazi Jew genetic screening panel done when I was pregnant. My 23 and me results say “50% Ashkenazi Jewish.”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

Just stop.

I don’t know about Muslims or Hindus, but yes — Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (as well as some others) are considered racial groups. I had the Ashkenazi Jew genetic screening panel done when I was pregnant. My 23 and me results say “50% Ashkenazi Jewish.”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

Just stop.

I don’t know about Muslims or Hindus, but yes — Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (as well as some others) are considered racial groups. I had the Ashkenazi Jew genetic screening panel done when I was pregnant. My 23 and me results say “50% Ashkenazi Jewish.”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

And what does that mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

Just stop.

I don’t know about Muslims or Hindus, but yes — Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (as well as some others) are considered racial groups. I had the Ashkenazi Jew genetic screening panel done when I was pregnant. My 23 and me results say “50% Ashkenazi Jewish.”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

+1

How ignorant to not know Jewish is both a religion and a race.

[Anonymous]

Judaism is not a race. I know that 23andme is propogatinng this anti-semetic garbage but it's false. Yes, there can be gene markers that show Ahkenazi Jewish ancestry but that's not true about JEWS in general. Judaism is a ritual religion -- anyone can join, anyone can leave -- you can't leave your race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

Just stop.

I don’t know about Muslims or Hindus, but yes — Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (as well as some others) are considered racial groups. I had the Ashkenazi Jew genetic screening panel done when I was pregnant. My 23 and me results say “50% Ashkenazi Jewish.”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

+1

How ignorant to not know Jewish is both a religion and a race.

How ignorant to think a religion is a race. Ashkenazi is just a SUBSET of European, like German or British. But, you can be Chinese Jewish and Rupees
European Christan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Judaism is not a race. I know that 23andme is propogatinng this anti-semetic garbage but it's false. Yes, there can be gene markers that show Ahkenazi Jewish ancestry but that's not true about JEWS in general. Judaism is a ritual religion -- anyone can join, anyone can leave -- you can't leave your race.

WTF?!

Ok, let’s call it an ethnicity then.

I think I know my own ancestry. Are you calling me an anti-Semite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since race is a social construct, I hardly think “Jews are a race” to be without question and undebatable.
Your statement doesn’t even make sense. Are you saying that the ashkenazi and Sephardim are separate racial groups? You realize that there are Jews who fit into neither category?
Are Muslims a race? Hindus?

Just stop.

I don’t know about Muslims or Hindus, but yes — Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (as well as some others) are considered racial groups. I had the Ashkenazi Jew genetic screening panel done when I was pregnant. My 23 and me results say “50% Ashkenazi Jewish.”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

+1

How ignorant to not know Jewish is both a religion and a race.

How ignorant to think a religion is a race. Ashkenazi is just a SUBSET of European, like German or British. But, you can be Chinese Jewish and Rupees
European Christan.

Fine, then ethnicity.

Religion isn’t a race, but there are Jewish ethnic groups. You can be religiously Jewish without being a member of one of those groups, but you can also be ethnically Jewish without believing in the religion.

[Anonymous]

wha? no. that's a load of 19th century crap. Ashkenazi and Sephardim are two totally separate ethnicities - yet somehow identical? Are all Irish people Catholic by race as well?

[Anonymous]

I’m not sure what this point of view serves, except for Jewish people to be able to claim “racism” when faced with prejudice. But it’s both wrong and not necessary. You CAN be Jewish and any racial/ethnic group. You can also fully make it argument that it’s wrong to be prejudiced against someone on the basis of religion/culture. It’s not a contest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure what this point of view serves, except for Jewish people to be able to claim “racism” when faced with prejudice. But it’s both wrong and not necessary. You CAN be Jewish and any racial/ethnic group. You can also fully make it argument that it’s wrong to be prejudiced against someone on the basis of religion/culture. It’s not a contest.

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It's like a Venn Diagram. Judaism is not a race. You can be Jewish and Black, Asian, whatever. You can be Sephardic and Ashkenazi ethnically, but not Jewish - in the sense that you don't believe in the religion. You can be both, or none. They can overlap but they're not one and the same.

- non-religious at all but cultural Muslim with Ashkenazi DNA according to 23andMe