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Jews are not a "race"

Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, POB 81, 91000 Jerusalem   (5 November 2003)

Maronite Lebanese and Jews

walid elias kai   (5 November 2003)

Jews are not a "race" 5 November 2003
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, BMJ medical news correspondent in Israel and The Jerusalem Post's medical correspondent The Jerusalem Post,, POB 81, 91000 Jerusalem Send response to journal: Re: Jews are not a "race"	Editor- I was enthralled by the life story of Leon Schwartzenberg, the iconoclastic French oncologist. But I was disturbed by your mention of him, a Jew whose family suffered under the Nazis, as belonging to the Jewish "race." Jews, an ancient people going back some 4,000 years, come in many colors, from European white to Yemenite brown to Ethiopian black and all shades in between. Non-Jews can convert to Judaism by accepting certain beliefs and practises; a person of one race cannot convert to another. We 13 million Jews belong to a religion, a people, a nation and a culture. We have been persecuted over the millennia but are still here. Calling us a "race" only promotes discrimination and hatred. Competing interests: None declared
Maronite Lebanese and Jews 5 November 2003
walid elias kai, Maronite Lebanese and Jews sweden 39352 Send response to journal: Re: Maronite Lebanese and Jews	I do believe in what you mentioned and I truly think that Lebanon and specially maronite christian are jews cousins back by history. Jews are not a race....we as maronite lebanese are with NULL RACISM, we lived all kind of destructive wars and we do know what jews and other people suffered. Calling Jews race is not at all acceptable. They are people, culture and National Identity. Thank you Competing interests: None declared