[TFine80]

How can I be half-Jewish?

By virtue of the fact that there is no other word for it.

Check out this book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375503854/qid=1106326140/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-2825091-3680719?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[TexasCowboy]

"How can I be half-Jewish?

By virtue of the fact that there is no other word for it."

Humm......I wonder if there is another word for half-Christian?

[wideminded]

Thanks for the link. I'm half-Jewish as well. I'm not even sure whether or not I would be considered officially Jewish under Jewish law. As you say there's no other word for it.