December 8, 2012

Are We a Religion or a Race?

Rabbi Moshe Zeldman, Aish.com

What are Jews? What do we mean when we say that someone is Jewish?

It’s a deceptively simple question (try and answer it yourself!). There are three answers that people usually give to this question, and they’re each problematic in their own way:

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