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Jewish people

vr.tr.jewish-people · SOC.ORG

Let an agent describe the Jewish people respectfully and accurately, using community self-descriptions and sourced data, and avoiding stereotypes and antisemitic tropes.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe the Jewish people respectfully and accurately, using community self-descriptions and sourced data, and avoiding stereotypes and antisemitic tropes.

The Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group and nation originating in the ancient Israelites, with shared history, culture, languages and the religion of Judaism, living in Israel and in communities worldwide; identity may be religious, cultural or both.

What it is for: Recognising a people with its own identity, history, religion and culture.

It can be learn from community and scholarly sources; understand diversity of communities and practice; cite population data with sources and definitions; recognise and report antisemitism.

Distinguishing features

Ethnoreligious people

Diverse communities worldwide

Religious and secular identities

Long history of persecution including the Holocaust

What it looks like

Not defined by appearance; identity is self-defined, religious and cultural.

Physical character

population: about 15-16 million people - estimates vary by definition and source

How it is recognised

Self-identification

Diverse communities such as Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi and others

Religious observance varies widely

Related models

is a kind of - category

ethnoreligious group

practises - religion

Judaism

speaks - languages

Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and other languages

is protected against - discrimination

antisemitism

In practice

Families and kinds

Ashkenazi Jews

Sephardi Jews

Mizrahi Jews

Beta Israel and other communities

national communities such as French or Swiss Jews

Identifiers

Wikidata item Q7325 cross-reference

Standards and regulation

Anti-discrimination and hate crime law

Freedom of religion or belief (ICCPR Article 18)

Failure modes and hazards

Stereotypes and antisemitic tropes

Conflating the people with any government

Unsourced population figures

Presenting one community as the whole

Also called

fundamentalist Jewconvert to JudaismNaziriteFrench JewsSwiss JewsGibraltarian peopleJews in EuropeBritish JewsIsraeli JewsSyrian Jewspopulation present - Czechoslovak citizens of Jewish nationalityJews and ChristiansJewish historianFrench Jews in Israelevacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War IIIranian Jews in IsraelSoviet Jews in IsraelHaredi Jews in IsraelMasortimBulgarian Jews in IsraelHouse of Israelcourt JewSephardim in Eastern EuropeGeorgian JewsRussian Jewsreligious ZionismKahanismConstantinopolitan KaraitesNational campJewish LGBTQ+ peoplePalestinian JewsJewish ethnic divisionsJew of colorBelgian JewsSephardi JewsReform JewUzbek JewsOrthodox JewPolish JewsEuropean Jews

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Who they are.

Identity is self-defined.

Self-definition

Religious and cultural.

Self

Identity.

  1. How do community sources describe Jewish identity? provenance
  2. Is identity religious, cultural or both for the people concerned? boundary

Communities

Diversity.

Communities

Communities.

  1. Which community traditions are meant? definition
  2. Are differences acknowledged? boundary
History Balanced account.

History needs scholarship.

Scholarship

Sources.

Scholarship

History.

  1. What does reliable scholarship say about this period? provenance
  2. Is the account balanced? boundary

Holocaust

Remembrance.

Holocaust

Holocaust remembrance.

  1. Which institutions document and teach the Holocaust? provenance
  2. Is denial or distortion avoided? boundary
Culture Religion and languages.

Culture is diverse.

Religion

Judaism.

Religion

Religious life.

  1. Which religious practices are observed, per community sources? provenance
  2. How do movements differ? definition

Languages

Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino.

Languages

Languages.

  1. Which languages are used by the community? definition
  2. Are heritage languages being revived? provenance
Respect Antisemitism.

Hate must be recognised.

Tropes

Stereotypes.

Tropes

Avoiding tropes.

  1. Does the content avoid antisemitic tropes and stereotypes? boundary
  2. Is criticism of a state kept distinct from the people? boundary

Reporting

Help.

Reporting

Reporting antisemitism.

  1. Where can antisemitic incidents be reported? action
  2. Which support organisations help? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should communities be separate entries?
  • How should population definitions be recorded?
  • How should antisemitism reporting routes be localised?
Draft as JSON