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Jewish identity is the objective or subjective sense of perceiving oneself as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish. [1] It encompasses elements of nationhood, [2] [3] [4] ethnicity, [5] religion, and culture.
Jewish people in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel, the Jewish nation-state, is the only country in which Jews make up a majority of the citizens. [261] Israel was established as an independent democratic and Jewish state on 14 May 1948. [262]
Jewish peoplehood (Hebrew: עמיות יהודית, Amiut Yehudit) is the conception of the awareness of the underlying unity that makes an individual a part of the Jewish people. [ 1 ] The concept of peoplehood has a double meaning.
Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, [1] from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion
The holiday known as Rosh Hashanah has ended, and people of the Jewish faith are in the midst of a time period referred to as "10 Days of Awe.". Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year, which ...
According to halakha, the recognition of someone as fully Jewish requires them to have been born to a Jewish mother. [1] A person who is born to a non-Jewish mother and a Jewish father is regarded as Zera Yisrael (lit. ' Seed of Israel ') and will only be accepted as ethnically Jewish and not as religiously Jewish. Thus, being Jewish through ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Semitic-speaking Israelites, especially in the pre-monarchic period This article is about the Hebrew people. For the book of the Bible, see Epistle to the Hebrews. For the Semitic language spoken in Israel, see Hebrew language. Judaean prisoners being deported into exile to other parts ...
In such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a noun, a practice that carries risks of its own.