# Who is a Jew? (removed from thread on Jewish heads of state)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-a-jew-removed-from-thread-on-jewish-heads-of-state/961719 "2022-03-18T14:39:50Z")\
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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> The interesting part of the question is, to me, who gets to define members of a group: each individual, or the consensus among members of the group?

[Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-jews-some-advice-please/633009) is a thread I started almost 12 years ago about an Orthodox group that wasn’t sure I was Jewish (or perhaps Jewish enough for _them_), and what I might have done about it.

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