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Originally Posted by Halx
If people ask me if I'm Jewish, the conversation is never a serious one. It usually goes like this.
"Are you Jewish?"
"No."
"Are any of your parents Jewish?"
"My mom is."
"So you're Jewish!"
"Judaism is a religion, not a race. The racial definition of a Jew was established by a French anti-semite over 100 years ago in order to classify a lesser breed of people. I'm not fucking Jewish and you need a better education."
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Jewish religious belief means that if your mother is Jewish you are Jewish. Now what you do or do not do I do not care, but if you ask another Jew that scenario he will say you are a fellow Jew. If you want an insane long thread one that I prefer to never really discuss, since I have beat it dead with other people before just going on and on, the question is what does being Jewish mean religion or nationality / both.
I wear a yamulka I never get asked if I am anything it is very obvious my belief. That being said I have people who automatically assume that they can confront my belief and try to debate and convert me in public (mostly jews for jesus), I normally leave them wishing I would leave and stop talking to them, despite the fact that they initiated the discussion.