text: do you consider jews nonwhite? i'm asking this because i recently stumbled upon a question by someone who believes jews are not white, but middle eastern like the palestinians.  i don't agree with this.  there are of course middle eastern jews who come from middle eastern countries.  there are also black jews who come from ethiopia.  but jews who come from european countries look white to me.  for gosh sakes, alicia silverston is jewish.  so is ian ziering.  both have blonde hair and blue eyes.  how could anyone think they're not white? don't make the mistake of thinking that jews are members of a particular country. being a jew is being a member of a religion not a nation. there are jews in every country in the world, members of all nations and nationalities. they are also every colour that the human race can be. white, black, brown, yellow or red so there's obviously white ones. there are many famous jews who are white so mention this to the person who thinks otherwise and set him/her a test. ask them to identify some white jews so they'll change their misguided opinions.