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Judaism is about bloodlines
Purity of the bloodlines is more important[/quote]

[b]Sound a whole lot like the certain dictatorships of the past[/b].[/quote]

Yes, this is so bizarre to me. [/quote]

The idea that Jewish identity has a family history component to it was present before Hitler was alive. Just because he and other white supremacists exploited it to justify genocide does not mean it is not part of Jewish identity for SOME Jews. [/quote]

Well there is something called conversion.  Those Jews have bloodlines that aren’t Jewish.  [/quote]

Converts are not always accepted
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That thinking, in principle, is the same as the slogan yelled by those fine young men holding tiki torches.

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Again, just because white supremacists have exploited the bloodline aspect of Jewish identity does NOT mean it isn't a legitimate part of what it means to be Jewish for many Jews. The Jewish community is an ethno-religious community. As such, most rabbis consider someone Jewish if they have Jewish ancestry, even if they're not practicing. People can convert (though I don't know if they can convert to being an Orthodox Jew), but the ethnic/familial history part of the identity is there and is cherished by many Jews, despite how Hitler and other hateful people exploited it to justify genocide. [/quote]

Um, yes people can convert to being orthodox Jew's. The fact you don't know this, with all due respect, makes your points and focus on bloodlines to be taken with less seriousness (as it should be). Did Judaism start out km a more.clan based culture? Yes. Has there been significant changes since then? Yes, through most of Jewish history. 
On a spiritual level, there is a common story/belief that 'all Jews, past present and future' were at mt Sinai for the revealation of the Torah. That is regardless of bloodline.
(there is a focus and pride in one's history but it is really not about bloodline)
Now, in truth, there is a small community of Syrian Jews that don't accept converts and rely only in bloodlones (they only marry within their own community too). But for the rest of the Jewish people, converts are accepted and are not to be reminded of their status/remind others of their status. Now, there r lots of politics about conversion etc. But please take with a grain of salt what this mostly uninformed poster writes.

Qualification : doctorate level study in Jewish history and an active member of Jewish communities [/quote]

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