Just thinking about Jewish identity vs. White identity. It would be easy most of the time for most US Jews to think of themselves as white and basically assimilate. Most aren't even that religious. This is not so possible for Asians, Blacks, etc.
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In fact, I think we see that a lot. A substantial percentage of people with Jewish ancestry are marrying white non-Jews and generally thinking of themselves as white. This leaves behind a remnant population that may increasingly define itself in contrast to whites.
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It's selection in favor of separate Jewish identity as the more marginally attached simply leave and think of themselves as white.
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but the other possibility is that if judaism is less like a tribe and more like a strategy, some of their children will “discover their roots” and voluntarily re-affiliate with the network will be an interesting test of diff explanations
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