What Makes A Jew? 2
Of course, Jewish identity goes back much further to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Because there are different denominations of the Jewish faith, interpretation of what is a Jew is still a little blurred. Reform Jews believe that a Jew can have either a Jewish mother or father, whereas the Orthodox Jews and Conservative Jews still hold with tradition and believe you are a Jew if your mother is a Jew. As for converted Jews, which denomination converted you? Orthodox Judaism has very strict standards, Reform Jews are much more liberal and the Conservatives are somewhere in between. The Supreme Court did not make it clear what they meant by conversion and this is a grey area, even today.
One thing is for sure, Jews are not a race. A Jew can be American, French, German, or English and be as loyal to that nation as anyone else. When Jews speak of a Jewish nation it is meant in a spiritual way rather than a geographical way. tagheuerformula.