
Monday, February 11, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Elder of Ziyon
I'm not keenly interested in this topic - my definition of a Jew is more halachic than genetic, and my definition of a "people" is more self-identifying than familial - but since there have been some vigorous discussions on this topic in the message boards, here is one of the more thorough treatments of the issue I've ever seen, from The Jerusalem Post.

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