:::As a Jew who lost family to the Nazis, I abhor the whole ethnic Jew thing, especially since you do not need to be ethnically a Jew to be a Jew. That is why I made that comment. It is usually anti-Semites that insist on the ethnic definition. That is what I am generally railing against. I certainy dd not want to insult anybody. I am no expert on the origin of Semite, but the Wiki article states that although the definition originally was linguistic, it is now also considered ethnic. Then again, Wiki is far from perfect! -)