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Here is an excellent example on just how confused even "Israel National News" is when it comes to defining an individual who has Jewish roots and lives, was born, and raised outside of Israel in another country (Brazil). The article entitled, "Arab Terror Attack on Brazilian Jewish Youth in Warsaw" israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126073, states:
- "At least one Arab terrorist entered a sixth-floor hotel room and briefly took three Jewish youths hostage in central Warsaw on Monday."
- "The three teens who arrived last week from Brazil to participate in the March of the Living were unharmed."
First, it appears the three youths are native citizens of Brazil, born and raised there, speaking the native language, Portuguese. So, they were born as "Brazilians", correct? So, what nationality are they? Let's further diagnose what the Israel National News says.
Well, according to the INN, notice the author Hana Levi Julian states (1) "Brazilian Jewish Youth", (2)"Jewish youths", (3) "...who arrived last week from Brazil", all in one article. Well, if they were born and raised in Brazil, are they "Brazilan", "Brazilian Jews", "Jewish Brazilians", or "Jewish" youths? As you can see, it is not that gentiles have difficulty categorizing citizens of Jewish extraction in the country they both live in together, but the Jewish media, government, Jewish organizations, and Jews themselves are confused as to how to categorize someone with Jewish roots not born, rasised, or living in Israel - "Jewish" or a "native" citizen of the country they reside in.
Until Israel, the chief Rabbi, or a major Jewish body decides exactly whether (1) Jewish is a religion, nationality, or both, and (2) Whether someone of Jewish extraction living in a country outside if Israel is a "Jew" or 'national' from that given country, nobody will know exactly how to define this particular nationality/religion and there will only be further confusion and finger pointing.
