Ask Ming!

[MBloomIII]

Originally posted by OldWarrior_42


Also ran as reruns during the 60's. I know , trust me.

Yes, the very early days of WTBS (SuperStation) was a glorious mix of Godzilla reruns and cartoons. Ahhh, the early days of cable....

[Solver]

DarkCloud,

If I live in Latvia, then why do I belong to Latvian or Greek?

I belong to Jewish because I'm Hebrew. Judaism is my religion, my ancestors are Jewish, I go to the sinagogue, and a couple of days ago I celebrated Purim. If you live in a stable, you're not a horse.

What else do I need to be Jewish?

[spartak]

Is Jewish a nationality? Its an ethnic identity but not a nationality.

[Zealot]

Originally posted by Gasmaske
Is Jewish a nationality?

Hey, why not ask that to Ming?

[spartak]

[Solver]

Your creativity amazes me...

[spartak]

Thats nice but you didn't really address the point.

[spartak]

Are you MarkG btw?

[DarkCloud]

Solver, I understand that- but Jewish is not a Nationality. It is a religion.
Just because I am Christian doesn't mean that my nationality is is Christian?

If you are a Latvian Citizen and your parents were Russian/Latvian citizens- then your nationality is Latvian, I believe.

[spartak]

What does it say in his passport?

[spartak]

NB Solver - in English English we use Nationality in the same way that Russians use "Grazhdantsva" or the Americans use "citizenship". It doesn't really work the same way as in Russian when Nationality is used to refer to ethnicity.

You might already know this but I just wanted to check we weren't discussing the point at cross purposes.

[Alexander's Horse]

Hey Solver if you are a Jew living in Latvia then I don't want to argue with you any more - I'm so glad there are still Jews living there. I know about the terrible events of the war in Latvia.

God bless you and your family

Never again!

[Solver]

DarkCloud,

You obiously miss the point, and we refer to different terms. My Citizenship is Latvian, since I'm a Latvian citizen and have all the rights of one. However, my Nationality (as an ethnic group) is Jewish.

Jewish is not a religion. Religion is Judaism. People who live under Judaism and do some other things are Jewish, also called Hebrew.

So, Citizeship and Nationality are different. And my passport says Hebrew under Nationality, but Latvia under Citizenship.

Horse,

You serious? I just wonder why you are interested about Jews over here, aren't you Jewish? In that case, I apology about whatever bad words I've said about you, Jews don't insult other Jews . But yes, Jews live here, there's a Jewish Community here, and the Aman's Ears for Purim are really tasty.

Shalom leitrajot!

[H Tower]

In the united states, it doesn't say what "nationality" you are, only that you are a citizen of the united states. I fail to see the point in including a person's nationality on their passport. It sounds too much like wearing one of hitler's yellow stars

[DarkCloud]

Yes, but Solver if the Hebrew "nation" declared war on someone- you would not be obliged to fight wouldy ou?
But if Latvia did, thenl you would- thus Latvian is your nationality, I think.