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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d say if you are ticked off by events in a country other than the U.S. (often much more than by domestic events) you haven’t assimilated.
-DP[/quote]

This would appear to mean that a lot of young white progressives who are ticked off AT Israel haven’t assimilated, among other problems with this definition.[/quote]

aren’t they also passionate about just about everything in this country? [/quote]

You think most Jews only care about Israel and don't care about any domestic politics at all? [/quote]

No.

American Jews care about domestic politics first

BUT

The fervor in which they care about Israeli issues far surpasses any other -“hyphen Americans” and their old world connections

Cuban Americans are probably second to Jewish Americans on this phenomenon.

Most other hyphen Americans either:

1. Dislike their old world roots 
2. Ignore their old world roots 
3. Are ignorant or don’t care about their old world roots

As an example:

1. German Americans are all across PA and the Midwest but have zero interest in German domestic and geopolitics. In fact considering most German Americans are republicans, the majority of German Americans dislike modern Germany and think it is an effete and dumb country.

2. English Americans are heavily in the south, Utah, and New England.

Most English Americans are totally ignorant on modern 🇬🇧 affairs, don’t care about 🇬🇧, and many outside of performative interest in the royals think 🇬🇧 is cringe

3. Italian Americans have superficial interest in Italy but it’s almost a stereotype when the first time they interact with modern Italy, they hate it.

3. Most non-white hyphen Americans either dislike their old world countries or just try to “out of sight out of mind.” There are some for sure into their old countries but do not really use political influence in great force to shape geopolitics with an “old world centric”‘posture.

Jews are by far singular in their focus on a foreign country

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I'd like to introduce you to my Irish-American relatives. They are all 7-8 generation Americans in at this point. But you'd never guess it, lol. And they all know the names of Irish political leaders. And boy do they have opinions about the Troubles. And the English.[/quote]

Ah so like Biden — who is actually more English than Irish

Irish Americans who are 7/8 generations in are fractionally Irish for the most part

The fact that many people use the Irish-American example to equate it to modern Jewry is a signal that it is an arg made by a wholly unserious person

You should’ve used Cuban-Americans as an example instead — it would’ve been more credible [/quote]

The whole analogy is flawed, anyway, though, because none of these other ethnic groups have given up the characteristic that is actually the basis for Jews' connections to Israel, i.e., their religion. [b]Very few American Jews are descended from people who were born in Israel recently; most Israeli Jews are not even Ashkenazi, which is by far the dominant subgroup among American Jews. [/b]So it's not like Jews just haven't given up their ties to "the old country" or whatever.

As I posted in another reply, though, the whole line of reasoning appears to be that Jews just aren't loyal Americans by dint of being Jewish, so I guess trying to argue rationally with it is pointless. But if you're going to spout antisemitic conspiracy theories, whether you mean to or not, at least try to make the internal logic of your argument consistent?[/quote]

Israel has never had a non-Ashkenazi pm

The vast majority of  American Jews have relatives in Israel

You seem to be driving a wedge between Israeli Jews and American Jews when there is limited daylight between the two 
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