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∙ 14y agoAnswer:
Jacob's name was changed to "Israel," following his Wrestling match with the acclaimed "angel." The twelve sons he fathered later, and all of their descendants, became the "Israelites."
Individually, each tribe bore their own father's name: like the sons of Dan are "Danites"... the sons of Levi are "Levites"... the sons of Simeon are "Simeonites"... etc.
But, one of Israel's sons was named "Judah"... and his descendants are the "Jews."
So, yes... ALL JEWS ARE ISRAELITES! But... NOT ALL ISRAELITES ARE JEWS!
Think of the twelve tribes of Israel as "states" of the USA. All natural born Ohioans are Americans... but not all Americans are natural born Ohioans.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Israelis are citizens of Israel and are not necessarily Jewish. Jews are people who practice the Jewish faith and are not necessarily Israeli.
A similar dichotomy could be made between Irish and Catholic.
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∙ 12y agoIn essence, yes. Israel is another name for the Jewish ancestor Jacob. His descendants were the Israelites. After the First Destruction (over two millenia ago), they became known as Judeans (Jew, Juif, Zhid, Jude, etc. in various languages), since the majority of them were, from that point on, from the tribe of Judah, one of the Israelite tribes.
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∙ 7y agoWe have been called Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews.
"Hebrews" (Ivrim) means descendants of Eber (Ever). Ever was an ancestor of Abraham (Genesis ch.10-11) and the earliest Hebrews were Abraham's uncles and cousins for several generations back. They were among the Western Semites and lived in northern Mesopotamia, near the confluence of the Balikh and the Euphrates.
Abraham (18th century BCE) was called a Hebrew (Genesis ch.14) because of his wider family.
Poetically, however, Abraham himself is called Hebrew because that name (Ivri) also translates to "the other side." Abraham was figuratively on "the other side" since he was the only monotheist (Midrash Rabbah 42:8) until his teachings took root. His ancestors and cousins had slipped into idolatry well before his time, as is evident from Genesis 31:30, 31:53, and Joshua 24:2. For that reason, Jews do not bestow on them the honorific title of ancestors despite the genealogical connection.
We credit Abraham as our first ancestor despite knowing exactly who came before, since it was Abraham who founded our beliefs. Thus, "Hebrews" is often used to mean Abraham and his Israelite descendants, instead of his wider family. In this sense it can refer to the Jewish people.
(See: Abraham's biography)
The word "Hebrews" can continue to refer to Abraham's descendants until the lifetime of Jacob. After that, we prefer "Israelites," since Jacob was given that name by God (Genesis ch.35), and it is considered a national title; one of honor. "Israelites" refers to the people (Jacob's descendants) down to the Assyrian conquest (133 years before the destruction of the First Temple), some 2600 years ago.
"Jews" refers to the people from the end of First Temple times, up to this day, because after the Assyrian conquest the Israelites who remained in the land were (and are) mostly from the Israelite tribe of Judah, and the land was then called Judea. But all the above terms are occasionally interchanged.
In modern usage, we prefer to use the term "Hebrew" only to refer to the language.
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∙ 10y agoYes. Jewish is the derivative adjective while Jew is the noun.
It is the same as: Spanish is the derivative adjective while Spaniard is the noun.
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∙ 13y agoWiki User
∙ 11y agoNo. The Jews are the same as the Israelites, but the Gentiles are people who are not Jewish.
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