[Josh29132]

In my view, there are a few related reasons. First, most Jews in the United States are descended from people who bounced around from one country to another in Europe, so we did not necessarily stay in one country long enough to identify with a particular nationality. Second, anti-Semitism was and is very pervasive in the world (especially Europe), so why would we identify with a country that treated our ancestors so horribly that we fled to the United States in such great numbers?

Related to the above, in my case, all four of my granparents' families lived in four different countries before coming to the United States. How many hyphens should one have in his identity? I'd say at most one. Therefore, I am very proud to call myself an American, as I live in a country that has the unusual trait of providing opportunity to people of all backgrounds.

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Name : Josh29132, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Religion : Jewish, Age : 35, City : Atlanta, State : GA Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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