Define race. My mother is Jewish. her mother was Jewish. Her mother was Jewish. Her mother was Jewish. My son is olive skinned. My brother is olive skinned. I'm pale skinned. My daughter and youngest son is pale skinned. What race are we? The race that we can trace ourselves back through for generations: Jewish.
> AFAIK, begin Jewish is not a race, it's a religion. I thought that Israelis were semites, which is a race. > > Regards, > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: Caucasian Jews > > > > > > The simple answer: > > If your mother is jewish, then you are jewish, like it or not. > > If you convert to judaism, you are also jewish. > > > > To me its slightly different - I make a distinction between the race of > > people jews and the religion jewish. I, judith, michael, ben are all of the > > jewish race. Michael, Judith and Ben are all of the jewish religion as well > > (although they practice very differently). I have no religion. To me, you > > cannot convert to the jewish race, just the religion. > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
