Search results
The vast majority of modern ethnic Jews (who make up the vast majority of modern religious Jews) share the bulk of their ancestry with populations from these regions and not with their (former) non-Jewish neighbors.
26 wrz 2011 · Under Jewish religious law (halakhah), a person is Jewish if they are born to a Jewish mother, even if they themselves are not religious, or if they convert to another religion. One can also...
Jews who are atheists or Jews who follow other religions may have a Jewish identity. While the absolute majority of people with this identity are of Jewish ethnicity, people of a mixed Jewish and non-Jewish background or gentiles of Jewish ancestry may still have a sense of Jewish self-identity.
Simple: A Jew is anyone who was born of a Jewish mother, or has undergone conversion to Judaism according to halachah (Jewish law). That’s the way it’s been since Biblical times and it’s also firmly established in the Code of Jewish Law.
2 sie 2016 · Overview: Judaism is a religion and a way of life. In other words, it is a faith and a spiritual path. There is a Jewish community and a Jewish people. However, there is no Jewish race....
From the very founding of Judaism, the Jews were meant to be a people, and not “just” a religion. When the Jews were slaves in Egypt, when they gathered at Mount Sinai, when they travelled through the desert and entered the land of Israel, they were called “The Nation of Israel,” and the “Israelites.”
Who are the Jews? What does it mean to be a Jew? Is there a difference between Judaism and Jewishness? Is it a religion, a family, a tribe, a nationality or something entirely different?
