[L-S]

I have always wanted to know what, exactly, it means to be Jewish. I know it is a religion. However, certain people have distinguishable physical features, such as dark, curly hair, brown eyes and different, larger noses. Please explain to me if being Jewish also means one is from a certain race or ethnic group.
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[Jack]

There is a Jewish ethnicity, not a ‘race’ in the ‘three big ones’ sense of the word, but they do tend to have different physical characteristics. Jews originated in a certain area, so it would make sense they carry those characteristics. Of course, not every person who ‘looks Jewish’ practices the religion, they may have converted, but they still are considered Jewish due to ethnicity. Conversely, there are people who practice Judaism that come from non-Hebrew backgrounds.

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