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But Jesus manages to cover it with his WWJD? baseball cap...
It also depends on how one views the term "Jewish". Here in the U.S., "Jewish" as much describes one's ethnicity as one's religion.And sometimes just one's ethnicity alone. For example, of my own Jewish parents, my father was an atheist -- but a Jew, nevertheless.-- Nanaea
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Not only in the US>> "Jewish" as much describes one's ethnicity as one's religion.
-Abslutely!But there's a difference between a "Jewish" ethnicity, and being a Hebrew speaker, using Hebrew names.
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Law of Return, and all that..."But there's a difference between a "Jewish" ethnicity, and being a Hebrew speaker, using Hebrew names."Definitely. Which is why (as you pointed out so well) we have Hebrew names which aren't necessarily "Jewish".-- Nanaea
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