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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

You’re an idiot. It’s not an opinion or a contest; it’s a FACT.

Judaism is a religion and an ethnicity.

You can be ethnically, but not religiously, Jewish. Or you can be religiously but not ethnically Jewish. Or you can be both.[/quote]

You're only ethnically Jewish if you have some kind of personal connection to Judaism. [/quote]

Yes, a genetic connection. Listen, you all can say this isn’t true, but it won’t change facts. The ethnic component of Judaism is why the Israeli Law of Return applies to anyone who can substantiate that at least a grandparent was Jewish. If you can do that, regardless of whether you are a practicing Jew, the Israeli government considers you Jewish and will grant you Israeli citizenship.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew%3F

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Your thinking is pretty muddled.  The Israeli government doesn't require a genetic test or a family tree; just that a grandparent be Jewish (which is a proxy for the degree of personal connection to Judaism that the government has decided should confer citizenship.)

Curious to know 1) what is your agenda in this PSA? and 2) what is your definition of "ethnicity"?[/quote]

My agenda is to correct a misconception.

There have been scientific studies proving Ashkenazi Jews are a distinct ethnic group: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms5835

Why are you so opposed to accepting this?[/quote]

I just don't understand WHY you care, and what ethnicity means to you.  Otherwise what's the point of your PSA?

I object to it because I think that Judaism primarily is a religion and culture to people. So if a person has no connection to the religion OR culture, I am not sure why you want to insist on calling them "ethnically Jewish."  [/quote]

Are you Jewish? If not you don’t know what Judaism is to us. So step aside and let us explain it to you. [/quote]

I'm in an interfaith marriage with a secular Jew.  I'm here to tell you that Judaism can absolutely be lost in the space of 2 generations.  It's a culture and a religion.  Not an ethnicity.  [/quote]

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