There was a generics study done a few years back to trace what was called the 'priestly gene' in Jews. Basically, those descendent from the priestly 'class' have certain rules of marriage. They were able to find a specific gene that was present in a huge percentage of Jews from this class and was missing in other Jews or non-Jews. Taysacs is a genetic disease that mainly affects Jews of European dissent. Both of these (and more) point to some specific traits of Jews as a race. OK, there are
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/07/980714071409.htm > In my definition of race, it is your genetic makeup. In other words, I have German, Irish and Czech ancestors so those > three lineages comprise my race (although, I guess you could also call me caucasian). Since race cannot be changed but > religion can, I guess that's one reason that my friend told me that Jewish was not a race. > > Anyway, I'm not trying to argue the point (I even noted my naivete <g>) and I'll just say that some of the Jewish people > that I know think one way and some think the other...nothing wrong with that. > > I should also ask my father-in-law what he thinks (he is a Russian Jew although he's not religious). > > Regards, > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:04 AM > Subject: Re: Caucasian Jews > > > > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
