If It Walks Like a Duck: What Makes a Jew Jewish?

Shmuley Boteach, Sergio DellaPergola, Yaffa Epstein, Clive Lawton, Jonathan Romain Jewish identity is a notoriously slippery term and yet it is the preoccupation of many a Jewish conversation. Are there core factors that comprise Jewish identity? Or is it simply whatever definition it is given by a generation of Jews? Is there such a thing as Jewish culture?