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No. It includes a culture, but it is much more than that. Judaism is a 3800-year old national tradition which is a religion and an ethnicity, together with a history, language, outlook, styles in speech and thought, and still more. See also:

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No. It includes a culture, but it is much more than that. Judaism is a 3800-year old national tradition which is a religion and an ethnicity, together with a history, language, outlook, styles in speech and thought, and still more. See also:

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YES. Part of Judaism is a cultural and behavioral aspect, but this is only part of the equation.

Judaism is typically considered to be an ethno-religious group. It has certain elements that are common to all ethnicities, such as a common language, a common ancestry, particular customs of association (e.g. culture), and a view of common historic nation-hood. It also has certain elements that other religions share such as a belief in divine beings and a God, specific divine mandates, houses of worship, and holy scriptures. (Other ethno-religious groups include the Druze and Yazidi.)

Ethno-religious groups, unlike other common religions, prevent a person from converting out. This is because the ethnic component of Judaism ties a person to Judaism regardless of what they believe. This is as opposed to a pure religion, like Christianity, where failure to believe in the Christ makes a person a non-Christian. However, a person can gain a nationality through a difficult process of citizenship-acquisition. This is because the religious component of Judaism accepts conversion. This is as opposed to a pure ethnicity, like Italian. A person cannot convert to Italian as much as he may like spaghetti and Pizza.

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