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14 Mar 2005, 05:40 PM | #1 |
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Correct Term and Meaning...
People in America is American, people in Japan is Japanese,
China is Chinese, England is English... But why use the term Jewish for Israel people since the country is called Israel.... Should it be Israelish or Israelian instead Jewish? Jewish is religion or am I misunderstood this???? I always wondered about that.... |
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The word is "Israeli." Most (not all) Israelis are Jewish.
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Israeli is a nationality, or location-adjective (like English, which according to some is not a nationality); Jewish is a race or religion (the latter is also called Hebrew IIRC, which for its part is also a language and character set).
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There is a town in Southern Maryland called Lusby. Does that mean the people there are called Lusbians?
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Actually in Israeli documents like birth certificates you would never find "Israeli" in the nationality field. Several people in Israel have tried to register their nationality as "Israeli" and the courts have always ruled against it, claiming there's no such ting as an "Israeli nation". The majority of Israel's residents have "Jewish" in that field. In Israeli passports "Israeli" is written in the "Nationality" field, but the name corresponding field in Hebrew means "citizenship" rather than "nationality". A "Race" field would not be politically correct... The "politics of identity" in Israel is quite complex, and anyway we should not discuss politics in these forums.
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People who live in Israel are Israelis, regardless of their religion. And people can be Jewish no matter where they live. |
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