The question of ‘who is a Jew’ is a sensitive political question that combines the dual hot-button issues of race and religion.
By Allison Kaplan Sommer for Haaretz
If we needed proof that there is no such thing as local news anymore, the case of Rachel Dolezal provided it. The story of a president of an NAACP chapter and African studies professor essentially building a career around a fabricated ethnic identity - telling the world she was of African-American heritage when she is, in fact, blonde, blue-eyed of Czech and German heritage, outed by the press and then her parents has grabbed headlines around the world.
Among Jews and Israelis, the story has sparked conversations and heated arguments across social media. It’s not surprising, especially after Nazi eugenics had such a shattering effect on their history, that Jews should be especially interested in this debate.
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