I've been saying it for years: America needs to clean up her own messes before messing around with the problems occurring half way around the globe.
I sent my sister an "e-Card" for her birthday the other day. We emailed back and forth and were having a nice conversation when I made a HUGE mistake. I dared to criticize our government for pandering to special interest groups ... including Israel. She brought our conversation to an abrupt halt and hasn't spoken to me since. The moral to my little story is that Americans (especially "fundamentalist" "Christians") have become an idolatrous bunch. They literally WORSHIP the term "Israeli" as if it is a god of sorts. You can criticize Ireland, France, Brazil, or Uganda and nobody will blink an eye but say one thing negative about Israel and you'll see a human being turn into a rabid dog full of wrath. It's a true phenomenon.
Ever thought that it is you with the problem due to your RACISM and NAZI JEW HATRED
By the way ... what "RACE" are the Jews?
Whoopi Goldberg (Jewish)
Paul Newman (Jewish)
Sammy Davis Jr. (Jewish)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Jewish)
Jeff Goldblum (Jewish)
Rashida Jones (Jewish)
Lenny Kravitz (Jewish)
Lisa Bonet (Jewish)
Kate Hudson (Jewish)
I shall patiently await your "educated" response!!!
Sami converted. Whoopie is not jewish. Kravitz is part jewish on his father's side. Bonet is jewish on her mother's side.
Jones is jewish on her mother's side.
So are they Jews or not? Is someone who practices Judaism a Jew? Is someone who has Jewish blood who practices Christianity or Atheism still a Jew?
To orthodox, they don't welcome converts. Mostly it depends on if you practice your faith or do you identify with the faith of your parents. You can be a jew by birth but not actually practice the faith. Some only observe holidays and high holy days.
Like any religion it depends on the individual and what feel inside.
You do not need to be a member of a synagogue to identify as a jew. You don't even have to be jewish to say your own prayer at the wall or leave a note. You don't have to be jewish to observe the holidays.
You can enter any house of worship no matter your professed faith and feel a connection to a higher power, something greater than yourself.
You decide your identity no matter who your DNA is from or what your were taught growing up.
Too make an aliyah or actually become an Israel as a jew is more complex. It is not just religious but legal qualifications involved.