# Jewish heads of state/government

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613 "2007-12-29T18:31:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613/42 "2022-03-18T14:51:45Z")

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> [@Who is a Jew? (removed from thread on Jewish heads of state)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-a-jew-removed-from-thread-on-jewish-heads-of-state/961719/1):
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> The division between “cultural Jew” and “religious Jew” that people in this threat are trying to apply is an imposition of a Gentile worldview on Jewish thought, and is deeply offensive. Please stop.

No. Asking if there are/have been practicing Jews as Heads of State or Heads Of Government is not at all offensive if one does not even imply that one is better than the other.

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