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Old 08-14-2007, 02:21 AM
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Someone asked this in the Jewish forum:

If it is used without malice, is it still considered disrespectful to refer to someone as a 'Jew '?

Related to that, does anyone find it slightly odd that Jewish people are quite often collectively called 'the Jews'?
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:26 AM
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:27 AM
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Someone asked this in the Jewish forum:

If it is used without malice, is it still considered disrespectful to refer to someone as a 'Jew '?

Related to that, does anyone find it slightly odd that Jewish people are quite often collectively called 'the Jews'?
Goodness, I did not know that. Just one more thing to be careful of so that I don't offend someone. When refering to all of them though, I am not fully aware of what I call them. I think I might refer to them as the Jewish People. what am I supposed to call them? Anyone one know what is correct here?
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:21 AM
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If it is used without malice, is it still considered disrespectful to refer to someone as a 'Jew '?

Related to that, does anyone find it slightly odd that Jewish people are quite often collectively called 'the Jews'?
Not necessarily, and not at all.
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Not necessarily, and not at all.
I am glad you said that; I was worried for a moment.
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I used to work for a Jewish guy.....seemed to me he never had a problem with being called a Jew.
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Old 08-14-2007, 07:13 AM
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Is it disrespectful to call someone a Christian or a Muslim.

the problem with Jew is that it can refer to their religion or their race.

But I do not see it as disrespectful unless one adds a descriptor to it.
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Someone asked this in the Jewish forum:

If it is used without malice, is it still considered disrespectful to refer to someone as a 'Jew '?

Related to that, does anyone find it slightly odd that Jewish people are quite often collectively called 'the Jews'?

I think the more polite thing to say is "Hebes".
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Old 08-14-2007, 09:52 AM
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Goodness, I did not know that. Just one more thing to be careful of so that I don't offend someone. When refering to all of them though, I am not fully aware of what I call them. I think I might refer to them as the Jewish People. what am I supposed to call them? Anyone one know what is correct here?
Is "Jewish people" any better?

All "Jewish" means is "like a Jew" for a person or "of Judaism" for a thing, which renders "Jewish people" equivalent to "people who are like Jews"... but they're not like Jews, they are Jews, and if there's something inherently offensive in calling someone a Jew (which I don't think there is), it's built into the adjective "Jewish" as well.
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I think the more polite thing to say is "Hebes".
ummm yeah, no!

i have no problem w/ being collectively called "the jews".

altho i don't subscribe to the idea of the jews being a "race"....maybe a "people" but race, at least in my mind, is connected w/ ethnicity and jews come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
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