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by onetwofiveten 4590 days ago
Having a Jewish father doesn't make you Jewish. Only people who have Jewish mothers or those who convert to Judaism are considered Jewish. If the agent thought he was being inaccurate then the agent was just being ignorant.
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Try telling that to an Al Qaeda extremist! Which, by the way, is what the border agent was getting at.
I'm pretty sure someone involved in fighting Judaism would have a basic understanding of how it spreads. What a weird comment.
Well then the question is does he look jewish? It's not like he'll talk about his ancestry to everyone around, or give everyone his passport.