I am not Jewish...and don't have any CLOSE Jewish friends..although I consider sofaman a friend..
And, I have been told since I can remember that Jewish lineage comes through the Mother...not the father...so, no Jewish mother...no Jew.
You might be thinking of the racist way some people think of black people..."one drop of black blood, makes one a black person"...I don't know.
But, you told sofa to ask his non-Jewish friends..and since I am one...I answered.
you're too darn smart...that settled that...sweet and succinct, thats our Tx
"You might be thinking of the racist way some people think of black people..."one drop of black blood, makes one a black person"...I don't know."
As you replied to me, I will answer this, although your subtext and use of the word "racist" implying I may be one is sickening. If a child is born of one black parent and one white one, that child would be considered 1/2 black. They would consider themselves so also. That is not racist, it is obvious. Wesley Clark had one Jewish parent. He pointed this out, and considered himself part "Jewish", using the secular definition of Jewish, not the religious one. You don't know me from an Adam's apple, and I have been one of Israel's greatest supporters, if you would care to look up my comments on threads. Because I said Clark was part Jewish, I was jumped on. I used the word in the secular sense which Clark himself has used.
Now, Sofaman sees the definition from the religious sense only, and he is correct. However, there are many, probably most non-Jews out there that would see Clark as one-half Jewish because his father was a Jew (Clark himself sees it that way). It may be incorrect usage of the word Jewish, but that's the way it is in the real world. End of discussion, if there was any to start with. Too much PC going on here. I do admire, though, your coming to what you think is your friend Sofaman's defense. He was doing fine on his own, but it's good to know one has friends.