r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/Educational_Board888 Non-Jewish Ally 10d ago

I’m a seeing a lot online about being a Jew as a race and not just a religion so antisemitism is also racism. How does this work when you have different ethnicities who are Jewish?

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u/specialistsets Non-denominational 10d ago

Jews are not a "race" but also "not just a religion". Jews are a peoplehood who have no inherent obligation to practice Judaism in order to be Jewish. Antisemitism doesn't mean "against those who practice Judaism" it means "against Jewish people", which is a very important distinction.