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Jewish people

vr.tr.jewish-people · thing-q7325

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 SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Identity Who they are.

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.

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.

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.

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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ORG
Other names and narrower kinds
fundamentalist Jew, convert to Judaism, Nazirite, French Jews, Swiss Jews, Gibraltarian people, Jews in Europe, British Jews, Israeli Jews, Syrian Jews, population present - Czechoslovak citizens of Jewish nationality, Jews and Christians

What it is Filled

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.

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Ethnoreligious people
  • Diverse communities worldwide
  • Religious and secular identities
  • Long history of persecution including the Holocaust

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Repeat antisemitic stereotypes, tropes or conspiracy theories, even as examples without context.
  • Hold Jewish people collectively responsible for the actions of any government.
  • Infer or label a person as Jewish without their own statement or evidence.
  • Compile lists of Jewish individuals or institutions in ways that could aid targeting.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing content about a person's religion or ancestry.
  • Deciding how to describe a contested community or political question.

May

  • Describe Jewish history, culture and religion from reputable sources.
  • Report population figures with their source, date and definition.

Moral aspects Filled

  • The Jewish people have faced persecution and genocide; misrepresentation can feed hatred.
  • Identity is self-defined and diverse; outsiders must not impose labels.

Who is affected

  • Jewish people and communities
  • Individuals labelled by others
  • Readers relying on accurate history

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: a people is not owned; communities and their institutions speak for themselves.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q62928 - registry parent class

related

  • ethnoreligious group - category
  • Judaism - religion
  • Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and other languages - languages
  • antisemitism - discrimination

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.jewish-people
  • Wikidata: Q7325 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7325)
  • Wikidata item: Q7325 cross-reference

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

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

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Self-identification
  • Diverse communities such as Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi and others
  • Religious observance varies widely
  • Not defined by appearance; identity is self-defined, religious and cultural.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • learn from community and scholarly sources
  • understand diversity of communities and practice
  • cite population data with sources and definitions
  • recognise and report antisemitism

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Stereotypes and antisemitic tropes
  • Conflating the people with any government
  • Unsourced population figures
  • Presenting one community as the whole

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Anti-discrimination and hate crime law
  • Freedom of religion or belief (ICCPR Article 18)

Context of use required Filled

  • Recognising a people with its own identity, history, religion and culture.
  • Ashkenazi Jews
  • Sephardi Jews
  • Mizrahi Jews
  • Beta Israel and other communities
  • national communities such as French or Swiss Jews

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q7325: Jewish people - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Jews - general description of the item

Open questions

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

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7325/spec.json