[Jewbacca]

Anyone with sufficient chutzpah to identify themselves as Jewish in this world that hates us is Jewish to me as an Israeli.*

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These guys live in Ashkelon, which is ground zero for the crap thrown at us from arab-occupied Judea. They’re tough, smart, and fill an important economic niche.

Plus, as a religious Jew, 99% of the children undergo a formal Orthodox conversion as part of IDF training (just like Russian Jews of uncertain lineage), which resolves all doubts in my mind.

* paraphrase of David BG

[cripplecreek]

Anyone with sufficient chutzpah to identify themselves as Jewish in this world that hates us is Jewish to me as an Israeli.

Yeah I kind of look at it the same way with various Christan sects in that part of the world. It takes true faith and that's good enough for me.

[DNA.2012]

this world that hates us

What a paranoid and misanthropic statement.

You sound exactly like Gollum.