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[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]

The OP has some kind of stake in wanting Jews to be a race. S/he has posted elsewhere basically claiming that Jews should assimilate to the majority culture by giving up their religious rituals in favor of being like most Americans, and that somehow they stay Jewish after they do this. So, Jews can go to church because their neighbors do, but still be able to post on Internet sites about how Jews experience life in America, or feel about their religion.

I am descended from one of 3 Jewish brothers who immigrated to the US in the 1830s. My "branch" is the only one that is still Jewish. My distant cousins elsewhere in the country are all solidly protestant, and just consider their Jewish ancestors an interesting bit of family genealogy.

And maybe it's to claim victimhood, but more often, calling Jews a race has been used to deny them rights and citizenship. So I don't think it's actual Jews who promote this designation. [/quote]

WTF? I’m Jewish and haven’t posted anything about how Jews should assimilate.

My point is to discuss something us Jews are PROUD OF. I am a proud Ashkenazi Jewish woman who takes pride in the ethnic component of my Jewish identity.

Just because that fact has been exploited by Nazis and others to strip us of rights and identify us for extermination does not change the fact that it is a celebrated part of our identity.

So stop spewing nonsense and making assumptions about what I’ve posted and believe.[/quote]

Ok OP. If you had made this point in your post, it might have gone better.  I'm still not entirely clear what your point is.  [/quote]

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