Are the people from isreal called jews or are the jews only the people who follow judiasim?

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anwsers please

Answer 1

The people are themselves confused as to who or what they are,  by the definition.

Answer 2

jews follow Judaism

Answer 3

Jews are people who believe in the Jewish religion and people from Israel are Israelis, living or being born in israel doesn't make you jewish  

Answer 4

well as Israil is only about 50 years old i think not and it was called Palastine befor and Jews Christians and Muslims alllive very happy for hundereds of years

Answer 5

a jew is someone who follows the jewish faith.

an israeli is someone who lives in israel.

israeli citizens are mostly jewish, but there are also muslims, christians, and druze.

Answer 6

I have to disagree with Lupines.

Israel is a country.  Period.  People who live in Israel, regardless of their religion, are Israelis.  The term "Israelites" is not used in modern language that I've ever heard.  So you can be Israeli and not be a Jew.

Jews, on the other hand, are people who follow Judaism.  Period.  They can also be Israelis, or they can be French, Canadian, American, Ethiopian, etc.

Answer 7

Jew is anybody whose mother is Jewish, all over the world.

Israeli are the citizens of the Israel State. They can be Jews, Muslims, Christians or whatever.

Answer 8

Definition of a Jew

Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform outside America- Jewish mother or converted

Reform in America- Jewish mother or Jewish father if raised as a Jew or converted

Karite- Jewish father or converted

Reconstructionist- an evolving religious civilization

Messianic- much like the Reform in America position

wannabe Messianics (e.g. Jews for Jesus)- any Jewish descent

Answer 9

jews are only peoples follow profet mose what ever thy are live

Answer 10

A Jewish person is one who follows Judiasm. A person who is a citizen of Israel - whether Jewish or not can be refered to as an Israeli. However, most people who live in Israel and are not Jewish generally refer to themselves as Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims/Christians.

Answer 11

Yes and Yes.

Do Protestants practice Catholicism?

There may be some Israelite Baptists out there but there aren't any Baptist Jews.

Answer 12

Jews are people who were born to a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism (by Jewish law of course).

You don't have to be Jewish to be from Israel.

Answer 13

Jew is derived from Judah which is a tribe it is generic name to call all of us this now and not really accurate but that is okay as we don't mind. :)

Some are from tribe of Judah and some are not, some live in Israel and some do not. some know their tribe and some do not, and we don't mind just call us Jews it is okay but not entirely accurate. Yes it is basically to do with religion but it is specific descendancy of this religion thru Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob (Israel) then onward from there to different tribes (one of which is Judah.)

Instead of calling us Jews it would be more accurate to call us Israelites which encompasses us all and semantically it is different than Israeli which can now denote a modern day nationality to include Christians, Muslims and others and Israelite does not show tribe but shows a truer and more accurate name for the Jewish people as a whole.

As far as the non-Jews within Israel they are Israeli and  generically speaking people just refer to them as Arabs it really just keeps things simple to say Jew and Arab as everything else is too much information for most people to follow.

Edit: It is still common usage in Latin American countries or America via Spanish speakers and denotes religion only not modern day nationality.  I usually label myself as Sephardita but it would be more understood to say Israelita. Sephardim worked hard to keep our status under excruciating odds. The Inquisition was executed on Tisha B'Av but lasted for centuries of which we are still recovering. I am grateful to be survivor talking about this today and I don't mind what anyone calls me as long as it's understood I'm Jewish. :)  It is very interesting question with the answers that came about thank you for asking it.

Answer 14

Lupines is correct.  

Mark is mistaken.  The term "Israel" has always referred to the "children of Israel" or the "people of Israel" as well as to the "Land of Israel" and the "State of Israel".  In fact, the word "Jew" ("Yehudi" in Hebrew) is very rarely used in traditional texts and the liturgy, whereas "'Am Yisrael" (the "People (or "Nation") of Israel") is the standard way to refer to the Jewish People.

In modern usage, in English, "Israelite" is a bit archaic.  But until very  recently this was not the case and I believe (though I am not sure) that it is still commonly used in French and possibly some other languages.  Certainly from a basic logical perspective it is the more sensible term, though it's not current usage in English -- which is the point Lupines was making.

As pretty much all the answerers have said, "Israeli" simply means a citizen of the modern political entity, the "State of Israel," and says nothing about an individual's religion.  A majority of Israelis are Jews.  Only a minority of Jews are Israelis (though all Jews are Israelites).

Answer 15

the people who follow judaism are jews. of course there are many different ways to practice judaism, and even the non-religious jews in israel are jews.

there are also plenty of non-jews in israel, because israel is a pluralistic democracy with full civil rights for all. that means that christians and muslims live in israel, do their own religion, and enjoy full civil rights.

other religions and other minorities are persecuted in arab countries, not allowed to practice their religion, often just kicked out or killed. israel is the only place in the region which is a true democracy with full civil rights for all minorities.

Answer 16

Anybody who is decended from persons who once practiced Judaism qualifies for membership in the Great Zionist Experiment in extreme ethnocracy. Most of the members are actually atheists or agonstics and the few who aren't tend to be extreme Orthodox.