Half-Jew

The term half-Jew (German: Halbjude) is a derogatory term for people with a non-Jewish and a Jewish parent. The overwhelming majority of the so-called half-Jews were legally classified as "first-degree Jewish hybrids" during the era of Nazi Germany. Occasionally, the term was used even before the Nazi era. Within Judaism, the term half-Jew is unusual since it does not recognize any partial degrees of Judaism; one is either Jewish or not.