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A Jew is a person who believes in the religion "Judaism" or shares heritage and culture with other Jews and identifies as such.

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Jewish tradition states that a Jew is any person whose mother was Jewish (Talmud, Kidushin 68b), or any person who has gone through a proper conversion to Judaism (Talmud, Yevamot 47a).
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