(Jewishpress)
Jews are white when the left wants to exclude them from participation in, for instance, the Women’s March. Jews, on the other hand, are anything but white when the right wishes to exclude them from normative society.
Isn’t it nice that we’re so malleable a people that you can make us be whatever you want to fit your own personal dynamic—to exclude us from all your ranks at either end of the spectrum?
How accommodating of us.
The truth is, of course, that Jews can be any color of the human rainbow. The first Jews were nomads in the Middle East, so they were likely somewhat dark in color. Then as now, however, color was an unimportant factor in determining one’s Jewish identity. What was and is important is a belief in one God, matrilineal descent or conversion, and circumcision for males. These beliefs and activities, rather than the color of one’s skin, determine whether or not one is a Jew. Read more