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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Whoopigate is highlighting a number of tensions in our current divisive time where many people feel like certain groups/issues must compete for “who has it the worst.”

We’re getting bogged down in purist definitions of race precisely because some don’t want to equate antisemitism with racism…as if one is worse than the other.

Guess what? They are both equally bad.

Saying Judaism is just a religion like Catholicism, etc. really misses the mark. Most Jews are born into not only the faith, but a Jewish culture that includes a language, foods, and a way of life. Muslims should understand.

While anyone can convert, that’s not the same as being born into a Jewish family.

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I was born into a Jewish family.  Not at all genetically Jewish. Not one person would  know. [/quote]

I’m not sure what you mean. Do you mean you don’t look Jewish? Or, your Jewish parents converted or someone along the family tree converted and you don’t have any genetic Jewish heritage?

FTR, my comments aimed to highlight that for most Jewish people, it’s not just a religion. Rather, Judaism comes with a language, food, clothing, and other cultural elements that Christian religions simply don’t have.

I don’t think Judaism is a race per se. But there certainly is a robust cultural and identity element that Christian religions don’t have.

I stand by my original comment that the 2022 divisive nature of most people who are quick to argue and compelled to point out that nothing is as bad as racism is driving some of this. Whoopi herself succeeded at minimizing or at the very least missing the mark when it comes to not only holocaust but also the antisemitism that still exists today. [/quote]

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