[Josh29133]

In my view, there are a few related reasons. First, Most Jews see Judaism as a culture in addition to a religion - we see ourselves as a People reagardless of any ethnic or racial differences. I do not believe that Christian religions intend to be a culture as well as a religion. Secondly, most Jews in the US 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. Thirdly, the reason for the aforementioned fact is that anti-Semitism was and is so pervasive in the world (especially Europe), why would we identify with a country that treated our ancestors so horribly that we fled to the US in such great numbers? Related to the above, in my case, all 4 of my granparents' families lived in 4 different countries before coming to the US. 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 : Josh29133, 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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