The word secular describes a position outside religion. Secular Jews are those, though Jews by birth, are not practitioners of Judaism.
The question implies that Jews are a race, and that hatred of Jews is built into other races. As a matter of fact, race is a social construct with no clear biological basis, and hatred taught, not inherited through any genetic mechanism. There are Jews of every race, and there are people of every race who do not hate Jews. Sadly, there are those who hate Jews, and some of them define their hatred in racial terms.
Hitler and his followers believed that the Germans were the master race.
He, via his henchmen, sent the Jews to death-camps. That was because Hitler believed that the Jewish race, in particular, was a 'lower' race than others, and that the Jews where to blame for, sort of, everything bad.
Christian antisemitism, the dominant form from the time of the crusades to the 19th century, discriminated against Jews because they were responsible for killing God and had rejected the Gospels. By the late 19th century, a new conspiracy-centered and secular antisemitism arose, holding that Jews were secretly attempting to control the world and all the world's wealth. With the rise in racial thinking in the late 18th century, Jews were considered to be a separate racial category, but in the late 19th century, a second secular antisemitism arose that focused on Jews as being racially inferior while masquerading as whites and threatening to poison the purity of the white race.
because Hitler though that the Jews were an inferior race , that they were trying to take over Germany, that the Jews killed Jesus, that the Jews were an undesirable race and because when Hitler mother was working for a Jew family they mistreated her
If you consider yourself Jewish but do not follow Judaism, holding to no religion at all, then you are a "secular Jew". A significant proportion of Jews are secular Jews. Some Jews have adopted a form of Christianity and consider themselves Christian Jews or Messianic Jews.
Orthodox Jews learn the Torah as God's words and fulfill its laws.
Remaining non affiliated to any religion, race or color in music is called secular in music.
Remaining non affiliated to any religion, race or color in music is called secular in music.
Some secular and Reform Jews think that cremation is acceptable.
As of 2010, There are approximately 6 million Jews in the US, though about 14% of them identify as secular or cultural Jews.
as of 2011, there are about 14 million Jews in the world, though about 14% of them are secular or cultural Jews.
The term 'Secular Jew' is not strictly defined, but refers to Jews who maintain cultural links but do not follow religious observances. Many Jewish Israelis feel that being Israeli and speaking Hebrew are in themselves a sufficient expression of Judaism without any religious observances. A Central Bureau of Statistics survey in Israel has shown that 44 per cent of Jews in the country over the age of 20 define themselves as 'secular'. Secular Judaism is interpreted slightly differently amongst diaspora Jews, where some 'Secular Jews' continue to follow nominal religious traditions.
The question implies that Jews are a race, and that hatred of Jews is built into other races. As a matter of fact, race is a social construct with no clear biological basis, and hatred taught, not inherited through any genetic mechanism. There are Jews of every race, and there are people of every race who do not hate Jews. Sadly, there are those who hate Jews, and some of them define their hatred in racial terms.
Germany stripped Jews of all rights because Hitler believed in a 'Aryan' race. The Aryan race is said to be the perfect race.
Some Jews become Christians, some Christians become Jews and even more Jews become atheists, or "secular Jews". A healthy society should see conversions from one to the other, in each direction.Jewish answer:No. Jewish converts to Christianity will be, and have always been, a minority.
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