Is Israel based on Jewish as a religion or as a race?

That's actually a good question, and the answer is not so simple. You see, Israel was founded as a country for Jews but there is, unfortunately, not one clear-cut definition of who is a Jew that everyone can agree on. The only historical, workable definition of a Jew is the one found in Jewish religious law, i.e. read more

Jews are not a religion, we are a nation (or a “race” in the older sense of the word) that has a religion. Israel is the native land of the Jewish nation, and the state of Israel was established as a homeland for that nation. read more

Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People By Harry Ostrer Oxford University Press, 288 Pages, $24.95. In his new book, “Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People,” Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist and professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, claims that Jews are different, and the differences are not just skin deep. read more