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neox20 t1_iu76514 wrote

Reply to comment by Kthuun in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67

Ethnoreligion. Judaism doesn't try to convert people, and Judaism is based on matrilineal descent, so most Jews have a common ethnic background.

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MadPandaDad t1_iu7iarj wrote

I’m Jewish but my kids aren’t (I married a gentile). Weird right?

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sparcasm t1_iu81ddj wrote

Your mother must be very disappointed.

Not angry, just disappointed.

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