• Undearius@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    What does “half Jewish half Irish” even mean?

    One parent is Irish and the other is Jewish.

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            5 months ago

            This comes from the religious law. I don’t think it has anything to do with chromosomes. There are still families that traditionally believe that though, despite not being religious. I haven’t met many people who identify as Jewish or partially Jewish due to their father being Jewish though.

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      5 months ago

      You can be raised by one Jewish parent and one Other parent and still not be a follower of Judaism. You might still have a Jewish cultural heritage and place in the world despite differing theological views.

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      5 months ago

      So what are the religion and nationality of the other parents and why don’t they count?

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        5 months ago

        In this context Jewish is the ethnicity, Mara actually calls it out in the tweet

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        5 months ago

        In this context Jewish is an ethnicity. Please go look this stuff up

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        5 months ago

        Yo. Pro tip: Judaism is the religion. Jewish is the ethnicity. A quick search would have told you that.

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          Judaism is the noun. Jewish is the adjective. A quick education would have told you that.