Jewish identity is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish. Under a broader definition, Jewish...

basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification. The question pertains to ideas about Jewish personhood, which have...

Jewish identity requires that both parents be Jewish, and not only the father. They argue that only patrilineal descent can transmit Jewish identity on...

have maintained their sense of Jewish history, identity and culture. In the following millennia, Jewish diaspora communities coalesced into three major...

the identity of the Jewish People through fostering of Jewish and Hebrew education, and of Jewish spiritual and cultural values Protection of Jewish rights...

Jewish secularism refers to secularism in a Jewish context, denoting the definition of Jewish identity with little or no attention given to its religious...

watershed moment, the elimination of the symbolic centre of Judaism and Jewish identity motivated many Jews to formulate a new self-definition and adjust their...

lit. 'Shield of David') is a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism. Its shape is that of a hexagram: the compound of two equilateral...

advocates of Zionism sought to reformulate conceptions of Jewishness in terms of racial identity and the "race science" of the time. They believed that this...

so-called "Jewish nose" has come to be effectively reclaimed by many Jews as a defining characteristic of their Jewish identity, with general Jewish attitudes...