What even makes an Israelite?
Doesn't it require paternal lineage, according to the Torah? It does. The modern Jews use maternal lineage. They obviously don't subscribe to the Torah.
None of them are Jews or Israelites.
What even makes an Israelite?
Doesn't it require paternal lineage, according to the Torah? It does. The modern Jews use maternal lineage. They obviously don't subscribe to the Torah.
None of them are Jews or Israelites.
God tells us who is an Israelite in the Bible. So why let other people make up their own definitions?