I'm not Jewish but know a bit of their (modern) history. The Jews, in global terms, are a very diverse group and are far from unified. The recent turmoil in Israel is a case in point. Most of the US's Jews are Askkenazi (or "European") jews, many of whom are indistinguishable from Gentiles of European stock. Unlike being an "American," a "German," or even a "Protestant," the term "Jewish" encompasses a wide array of meanings and with disagreement even within the movement: Is it a race? Yes, claim many, a true Jew is only so by ancestry. By that reasoning, you cannot convert to Judaism (which happens, but comparatively rarely). Even being born in Israel won't make you a Jew -- as any number of Palestinians can attest. Is it a religion? Absolutely, although again, it's a very big tent, from the Ultra-Orthodox to outright atheists or those who might claim a faith but are no more so than a "Christian" who hasn't seen the inside of a church since the day he was baptized. The Hebrew race is many things, but unified and on the same sheet of music, certainly not!
Uh, no. Not according to the source.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/09/22/jews-in-america-struggled-for-generations-to-become-white-now-we-must-give-up-that-privilege-to-fight-racism/
Just google it. There's a million of these.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/jews-are-not-white-race-and-identity-in-israel-and-the-us-opinion-685368
I'm not Jewish but know a bit of their (modern) history. The Jews, in global terms, are a very diverse group and are far from unified. The recent turmoil in Israel is a case in point. Most of the US's Jews are Askkenazi (or "European") jews, many of whom are indistinguishable from Gentiles of European stock. Unlike being an "American," a "German," or even a "Protestant," the term "Jewish" encompasses a wide array of meanings and with disagreement even within the movement: Is it a race? Yes, claim many, a true Jew is only so by ancestry. By that reasoning, you cannot convert to Judaism (which happens, but comparatively rarely). Even being born in Israel won't make you a Jew -- as any number of Palestinians can attest. Is it a religion? Absolutely, although again, it's a very big tent, from the Ultra-Orthodox to outright atheists or those who might claim a faith but are no more so than a "Christian" who hasn't seen the inside of a church since the day he was baptized. The Hebrew race is many things, but unified and on the same sheet of music, certainly not!
I’ve never really understood if being a Jew is a nationality or a religion.
We are an ethnoreligion.