man, these guys were really in each other's faces about it. they were clearly drunk but, it seemed a strange thing to be so pumped up about.
the one guy was saying "of course he's jewish...YOU MORON!"
the other guy was saying "he's german!!!". this guy was about to pick up a chair and hit the other guy.
i got out of there before the arguement was resolved. but, when i woke up this morning, i wondered who was right.
i asked this one guy on my baseball team who is jewish this question:
"if someone is jewish...does that refer to their race or religion". his answer astonished me. he said "i dont know".
then, i asked the question another way (he lives in highland park...an affluent and heavily jewish area):
"jason, if i converted to the jewish faith and moved to higland park...would the jews living there accept me as a jew? would they invite me to their house for passover and say hello to me at temple, etc.". he said, "most likely...not".
i am still confused to this day