Justice101 wrote:
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3854897/jewish/What-Is-a-Jew.htm
Simple: A Jew is anyone who was born of a Jewish mother, or has undergone conversion to Judaism according to halachah (Jewish law). That’s the way it’s been since Biblical times and it’s also firmly established in the Code of Jewish Law.
Your post says nothing about genetics. The ancient Israelites were Semites who followed Judaic law. Judaism is a religion followed by Jews and is not a race not a race!