Are ashkenazi jews considered semetics people ?

Question

Are ashkenazi jews considered semetics people ?

Answer 1

The Ashkenazi Jews are considered semetic people, who now comprise 80% of Jews.

These two points (They're semetic,majority) are very important; because white-supremacists have a counter-argument -  that most Jews are descended from Khazars, a central-Russian people who later converted to Judaism...and hence, not heirs to the Covenant made in the Old Testament.

Answer 2

No , the majority of the inhabitants of Israel doesnt belong to one ethnic group , they are not the original sons of Israel (Jacub) judism is religin and jewish relation is religous not ethnic , there are semitic , Irian , Africans etc.. , gust like christians and Muslims , so they dont have historical rights in middle east , because it is not the land of their ancestors.

Answer 3

Yes.  So, for that matter, are Arabs, since both were descendants of Noah's son Shem, hence the term 'Semitic.'

Answer 4

It depends. Jews are by definition Semitic. Jews picked up racial mixes from the people they lived with. Ashkenazi (literally German Jews) from Central (Germany) and Eastern Europe. Sephardic from Iberia. Northern Africa and Middle East.

Answer 5

In general, no.  Although we originated in Israel, after hundreds of years in Europe most Ashkenazim no longer have Semitic characteristics.

Answer 6

Yes.  DNA research has proved that they are virtually identical to Sephardic jews,

Answer 7

Yes.