The Jews are a People First and Foremost

"Traditionally, Jewish identity had been defined biologically. According to rabbinic Judaism, if one’s mother was Jewish, than one was Jewish, regardless of one’s actions or beliefs."

I often come across people who like to argue that judaism is simply like any other religion, and that to be against jews is to be intolerant of their religion. They even say this as though it would be a bad thing if one were to be against a religion which taught horrible things (or even if it’s practice was merely against their own interests). No, no, a…