The reason I ask such a question is because....I meet a man on office Coffey run."yes I am the brown nosed Coffey runner"give me hell,I can take it.LOL!!!After talking to this man for a while I asked him "what nationality are you"?His reply...."I am Jewish".
the name derived from the patriarch Judah, at first given to one belonging to
the tribe of Judah or to the separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 16:6; 25:25;
Jer. 32:12; 38:19; 40:11; 41:3), in contradistinction from those belonging to
the kingdom of the ten tribes, who were called Israelites. During the
Captivity, and after the Restoration, the name, however, was extended to all
the Hebrew nation without distinction (Esther 3:6, 10; Dan. 3:8, 12; Ezra 4:12;
5:1, 5). Originally this people were called Hebrews (Gen. 39:14; 40:15; Ex. 2:7;
3:18; 5:3; 1 Sam. 4:6, 9, etc.), but after the Exile this name fell into disuse.
But Paul was styled a Hebrew (2 Cor. 11:22; Phil. 3:5). The history of the
Jewish nation is interwoven with the history of Palestine and with the
narratives of the lives of their rulers and chief men. They are now [1897]
dispersed over all lands, and to this day remain a separate people, "without a
king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image [R.V.
'pillar,' Marga. 'obelisk'], and without an aphid, and without tearoom" (Hos.
3:4). Till about the beginning of the present century [1800] they were
everywhere greatly oppressed, and often cruelly persecuted; but now their
condition is greatly improved, and they are admitted in most European countries
to all the rights of free citizens. In 1860 the "Jewish disabilities" were
removed, and they were admitted to a seat in the British Parliament. Their
number in all is estimated at about six millions, about four millions being in
Europe. There are three names used in the New Testament to designate this
people, (1.) Jews, as regards their nationality, to distinguish them from
Gentiles.
(2.) Hebrews, with regard to their language and education, to
distinguish them from Hellenists, i.e., Jews who spoke the Greek language.
(3.)
Israelites, as respects their sacred privileges as the chosen people of God. "To
other races we owe the splendid inheritance of modern civilization and secular
culture; but the religious education of mankind has been the gift of the Jew
alone."
It's really a religion an ethnic group and a nationality, although for many years they did not have a nation. Israel was created for them as a home nation after the holocaust.
Seeing how nationality usually refers to ancestral beginnings, then being Jewish could equate as its own nationality because all natural-born Jews have ancestry to Isreal.
No, being Jewish is not a nationality, because there are Jews from many many nations around the globe. What ties each Jew to other Jews is our religion, our Faith, called Judaism. Had you asked him to show you his passport, it would not have read, 'Jew,' and even if the passport was from Israel, it would not always mean he was a Jew, because Israel has citizens who are Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, whatever.
the Jewish religion is a religion/culture, a "nationality" would be Israeli, of-which the ground work was laid for beginning in 1917, BEFORE the holocaust. Israel is on Jewish land where there have been many Jewish nations/kingdoms (remember king David/king Solomon anyone) before, and never ever a single nation, state, or country called Palestine... (sorry for the add on folks, but the anti-Jew/anti Israel thing will not be tolerated)
Is the jewish religion a nationality?
