uh, not quite right. there are Jews, Israelites, Israelis.
The Jews, also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites (Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
Generally, in modern secular usage Jews include three groups:
- people who were born to a Jewish family regardless of whether or not they follow the religion,
- those who have some Jewish ancestral background or lineage (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), and
- people without any Jewish ancestral background or lineage who have formally converted to Judaism and therefore are followers of the religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews
The Israelites were a Semitic Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East, who inhabited part of the Land of Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods (15th to 6th centuries BCE), later evolving into the Jews and Samaritans, inhabiting the territories of Judea and Galilee, and Samaria respectively. In modern Hebrew usage, an Israelite is, broadly speaking, a lay member of the Jewish ethnoreligious group, as opposed to the priestly orders of Kohanim and Levites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites
Israelis are citizens or nationals of the modern state of Israel. Although Israel is a Jewish state, it has a multiethnic society, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis
ooh, the discussion is getting longer
The Jews, also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites (Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
Generally, in modern secular usage Jews include three groups:
- people who were born to a Jewish family regardless of whether or not they follow the religion,
- those who have some Jewish ancestral background or lineage (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), and
- people without any Jewish ancestral background or lineage who have formally converted to Judaism and therefore are followers of the religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews
The Israelites were a Semitic Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East, who inhabited part of the Land of Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods (15th to 6th centuries BCE), later evolving into the Jews and Samaritans, inhabiting the territories of Judea and Galilee, and Samaria respectively. In modern Hebrew usage, an Israelite is, broadly speaking, a lay member of the Jewish ethnoreligious group, as opposed to the priestly orders of Kohanim and Levites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites
Israelis are citizens or nationals of the modern state of Israel. Although Israel is a Jewish state, it has a multiethnic society, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis
ooh, the discussion is getting longer
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