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Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a “Jew” or to call a contemporary Jew an “Israelite” or a “Hebrew”.

Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a “Jew” or to call a contemporary Jew an “Israelite” or a “Hebrew”.

“A brief history of the terms for ‘Jew’”, The Jewish Almanac, 1980