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What does it mean to a Jewish person to be Jewish?

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How a Jewish person self-identifies is a personal thing. There are approximately 14 million Jews in the world as of 2011, and there are about 14 million different meanings to being Jewish.

For some, being Jewish simply means keeping kosher and following Jewish laws.

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