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[quote=Anonymous][quote]So you really think that most people who live in areas without large Jewish populations can immediately tell the difference between a yarmulke and the types of head coverings worn by some Muslim men? Or glance at a group of people and know that they are Orthodox or Ultra Orthodox Jews and not, say, Amish?[/quote]

I grew up on a farm in Indiana.  In my community, Catholics were the minorities.  I didn't (knowingly) meet a Jewish person until I was in college - which is when I had my first bagel.  Yes, most people in my homogenous are  could distinguish between a Jewish man's yarmulke and the head coverings worn by some Muslim men.  Of course, there are some people who are willfully ignorant - but that's true about many, many things.  The example a PP wrote about regarding an idiot who was worried about an observant Jewish man praying?  That's just willful ignorance.

OTOH, most people (including myself in this moment) could not distinguish between an Orthodox Jew and Ultra Orthodox.  If the Jewish man were wearing a suit standing next to a Polish guy wearing a suit, it would be unlikely we would be able to determine who was Catholic and who was Jewish.  We would assume both were Catholic.  We would, with 100% certainty, be able to identify an Amish person and distinguish an Amish person from a Dunkard. After some interaction, we'd be able to distinguish an Amish person from a Mennonite. [/quote]

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