For the Jewish religion, see
Judaism. For other uses, see
Jew (disambiguation). A Jew (
Hebrew: יְהוּדִי, Yehudi (
sl.); , Yehudim (
pl.);
Ladino: ג׳ודיו, Djudio (
sl.); ג׳ודיוס, Djudios (
pl.);
Yiddish: ייִד, Yid (sl.); , Yidn (pl.)) is a member of the Jewish people, an
ethnic group originating in the
Israelites or
Hebrews of the
ancient Middle East. The ethnicity and the religion of
Judaism, the traditional faith of the Jewish nation, are strongly interrelated, and
converts to Judaism are both
included and have been absorbed within the Jewish people throughout the millennia.
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