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To be a Jew means:
To be one of the Jewish people, by being born of a Jewish mother, or to be a convert according to the proper conversion process. The first Jew, according to tradition, was Abraham.
The Jewish people are those who received God's covenant (Genesis ch.15 and 17) and who received God's Torah at Mount Sinai (Exodus ch.19-20). Dictionaries define Judaism as the religion of Moses; the religion of the Torah.
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