<p>As do I. There are different ethnic groups that practice Judaism, but Judaism is a religion, not a race. If it was a race, then I would only be 1/2 Jewish, rather than a full member of the Jewish community as making my bar mitzvah has given me the privilege to become. I feel very excluded by your comment salpert, being connected to both my Black family and my Israeli family. Am I somehow less Jewish than you?</p>