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#55398. TheAlphaWolf
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Was Einstein an ethnic Jew or a religion Jew (or both)?
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smeogalla
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they are all religious Jews.
A Jew is a follower of Judaism, ethnicity is irrelevant hence we have german Jews, Russian Jews, Polish Jews etc just as we have Saudi Muslims, Iraqi muslims, Indonesian muslims.
Feb 22 05, 9:46 PM
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kaylofgorons
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By religious Jew, I think he means faithful, practising Jew. It is possible to be born Jewish and not follow the religious customs.
I hope I haven't misworded this...
Feb 22 05, 10:55 PM
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Arpeggionist
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At different times of his life he observed different customs. He was circumsized and did celebrate his bar mitzvah. He did not observe the Sabbath or the Jewish dietary laws all his life. He did believe in God, but did not follow the customs and rituals to the letter. He did not reject his Jewish heritage, but was not all that religiously motivated.
Feb 23 05, 2:59 AM
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TheAlphaWolf
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oh... someone told me a jew was also like a race.
thanks for clearing that up :)
Feb 23 05, 6:04 PM
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Arpeggionist
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There are two types of Jews:
1. A person who is born to Jewish parents (or at least to a Jewish mother) and does not renounce his/her Judaism later in life, and who is properly cercumsized (if he is male).
2. A person who choses to take on the Jewish religion and convert properly.
These are not racial definitions. It is entirely a religious definition. The level of adherence to the Jewish religion also varies greatly from people who don't realize or care about their religion (and thus don't practice the customs and rituals) to people who will follow every law of the Jewish relision to the letter. These are the extremes of a very wide (in fact, almost infinite) spectrum of religious practice.
Feb 24 05, 3:34 PM
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Truther
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Actually, ethnicity in short means "born of." Judaism is a religion that anyone of any ethnicity can follow. It is also an ethnicity: being born of a descendant of Abraham (born in a specific region of Israel. Technically, the question was, is Einstein born of Abraham or a follower of Judaism, or both?
And, yes, one could be "born of" Abraham but not follow the religious custom of Judaism. It is called, freedom of choice.
Aug 12 08, 1:58 PM
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