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[quote=Anonymous]As an Italian, when I was pregnant, I was tested for a blood disorder that sometimes presents itself in Italians and blacks.  So your point is?

Tay-Sachs comes from breeding w/in the same cluster of people.  Hemophilia is a "Russian" disorder.  why?  b/c Russians are breeding with other Russians

Jews come from all over. You have just associated YOUR Judaism with Europeans - mainly Germans.  There are Sephardic Jews, too, who are connected to the Middle East.

So you have no point.

the Wandering Jew? Your people come from all over.  But when a group STAYS in a certain area and continues to marry others w/in that area, genetics become a major factor.  If I lived in Israeli and married a Jew. And if we had kids who married other Jews, don't you think that my half-Catholic children would have the genetic make up to quite possibly pass along Tay-Sachs?

Stop thinking you're special.  You're no more special than I am.

[quote=Anonymous]This thread is making me see red.

1) To 14:47 -- No, it's not "a religion, bottom line."

I am Jewish (Ashkenazi) by ethnicity and not religious.

What does this mean? This means that when I tried to conceive I had to be more aware of Tay-Sachs and Gaucher's among others than, let's say, Italians. There is a whole host of these genetic disorders that are quite rare in the general population but not in the Ashkenazi population.

This means that breast cancer is a greater risk for me, and that is why I get special treatment from insurance companies -- one of the questions they ask is "Are you an Ashenazi Jew or descended from one?" That's because BRCA1 and BRCA2 are more common in Ashkenazi Jews -- 1 in 40 as opposed to the general population, which is 1 in 4000.

This means there is a genetic component to being Jewish.

2) To 14:52 and all the other people I have heard this from about not "being true Jews." You have NO idea what you are talking about. A JEW IS A JEW IS A JEW. It does not matter if I NEVER set foot in a temple or synagogue, I am a Jew. Not an observant Jew, not a religious Jew but  a Jew. Judaism is NOT like Christianity, where anyone can join just by claiming faith. Christianity is a faith-based religion, Judaism is not. You are born a Jew. What you do with that is up to you.

And finally, there is no higher mortal authority in Judaism, no Pope.  No one gets to tell anyone else that the way they are doing it is wrong. That is something Jews have been fighting about since the beginning of time and will continue to do so. Arguing over Jewish law is as much a part of being Jewish as anything else. No one gets to tell another Jew they are not "true Jews," certainly not some goy anonymous poster.[/quote][/quote]

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