Once again, by Jewish law, Marx was Jewish, but not in any other way. His parents took the step to convert, although they were never very religious, in either religion. Marx was not raised with the slightest bit of Jewish upbringing, and never considered himself a Jew.
I must have made my point very unclear. I am not talking about how he was raised, i'm talking about how his natural and inherent talents may have manifested themselves.
People of Jewish descent are often extremely intelligent. Again, the problem with extremely intelligent people are two-fold.
1. A lot of smart people are often "too smart by half".
2. A lot of smart people go over the boundary into "crazy."
You can't "blame" anyone for Karl Marx being smart or crazy. It's just something that happens.
pardon me, but how is it by Jewish law that Marx was a Jew? his mother (the parent that usually counts for this determination) was from a Jewish family but she was a Christian. Same for his father. Neither parent was Jewish when little cute cuddly Karl baby wailed his first.
Orthodox Jews usually require the mother to be Jewish at time of her baby’s birth, for baby to be considered Jewish.
Reform/communistic/liberal/progressive/JINO Jews will permit the baby to be considered Jewish if Either parent was Jewish at the time of baby’s birth, but that was not the case for Karl. (And, the Reforms generally require the baby to be raised Jewish, or at least as Jewish as reform Judaism may or may not be considered.... for him/her to be viewed as Jewish,...... again...not the case for Karl. He was raised in a rather secularized Christian home
If I am overlooking anything, and I may be, please advise.
But it does not seem that Karl could have been considered Jewish.
ps:
Further, he was a proclaimed atheist as well as, of course, an anti-Semitic (a factor which at least is reflected in Israeli citizenship law, for what that may be worth to further determine he was not Jewish..the Israeli Supreme Court may include as a factors what the individual professes and how s/he is viewed by others). Well, that is a citizenship law and not a religious law pov. But, I just don’t see how Karl qualifies as Jewish ? thanks