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May 17, 2022

Are Jews a Racial Group or a Religious One in the Eyes of U.S. Law?

And why it matters.

The question of whether the Jews constitute a race, a nation, a religion, or something else entirely hardly admits of a simple answer, and perhaps need not be resolved. But these categories are given meaning by American law, in which some injunctions prohibit racial discrimination, other religious discrimination, and so forth. Eugene Volokh observes:

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May 17, 2022

  1. China Seems Poised to Offer Iran More Weapons and Cyberwarfare Assistance

    What’s behind a military delegation’s visit to Tehran?

  2. Socioeconomic Improvements Won’t Bring Political Moderation to Israel’s Arabs

    Yasir Arafat’s propaganda campaign is still bearing fruit.

  3. Are Jews a Racial Group or a Religious One in the Eyes of U.S. Law?

    And why it matters.

  4. Zionism’s Secular Promise of Spiritual Redemption

    Is the present moment irredeemable?

  5. New Discoveries Show That the Ancient Incense Route Was a Two-Way Street

    What caravans’ trash heaps reveal.