Logically prior to all the writer's thinking is this question:
. . . Are there identifiable "Jewish genes" ?
I don't know what current research is showing.
I _do_ know that when an anti-Semite talks about "inborn Jewish traits" -- that is, "genetically-determined traits", Jews become very agitated, and say "No, no, we're just like everyone else -- we're not a _race_!".
But when a _Jew_ talks about "inborn Jewish traits", somehow that's OK ???? We _are_ a race ???
I'd welcome some references into the anthropological / genetic research literature.
Logically prior to all the writer's thinking is this question:
. . . Are there identifiable "Jewish genes" ?
I don't know what current research is showing.
I _do_ know that when an anti-Semite talks about "inborn Jewish traits" -- that is, "genetically-determined traits", Jews become very agitated, and say "No, no, we're just like everyone else -- we're not a _race_!".
But when a _Jew_ talks about "inborn Jewish traits", somehow that's OK ???? We _are_ a race ???
I'd welcome some references into the anthropological / genetic research literature.