In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> > I disagree with this somewhat. While Muslim is a religion only, not an
> > ethnicity, Jewish most certainly is:
> >
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews>
> >
> > I guess you could switch the term to "Hebrew".
>
> And I disagree with you somewhat <eg>
>
> To quote your source: "Converts to Judaism, whose status as Jews within
> the Jewish ethnos is equal to those born into it, have been absorbed
> into the Jewish people throughout the millennia."
>
> So... if I decided to convert to Judaism tomorrow, for example, how
> would that change my *biological* race, may I humbly ask?
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

It's just that, Historically, Jews and Hebrews seem to be synonymous. :-)
I guess that no longer applies in modern times...
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