"I , too, am a Jew."

Says Obama when reflecting on anti-Semitism and Holocaust Day. He's correct, he's a Jew, sorta, through his mother but he isn't practicing. In fact, I highly doubt he has passed on anything Jewish to his daughters let alone discussed with Michelle Obama on whether or not to raise their children in the faith.

This claiming that you're a Jew is like claiming you're a Catholic when you never went to church let alone been baptized, but even nominal Catholics or fallen away Catholics know a little more knowledge about their faith than secular Jews who aren't practicing. Catholics who fall into the aforementioned categories are "Catholics" if they have been baptized. The identity can be ingrained if one attends Catholic school, though dwindling by the numbers as an institution and in enrollment, which can offer a unique upbringing, especially if the faith is somewhat practiced by the parents and if the curriculum isn't a Mickey Mouse curriculum.

Ben Shapiro, an orthodox Jew, compared to Bernie Sanders - a non-religious Jew and non-practicing - are two worlds apart not only in politics but also in faith and how faith influences their personal and public choices. Despite these things, Sanders can claim the Jewish card more than Obama.

I see Obama stating that he is a Jew in order to foster feelings that "he gets it" is poor taste. It would have more credibility if he were practicing. If we want to get tchnical he's "half Jewish." A (half) black Jew. Now that's an identity card that Obama is trying to take advantage of. I'll admit he has more mileage playing the black card than the Jewish card because any honest brain will just shake their heads at his "I, too, am a Jew." That's like saying one's a Catholic if one of their parent is a non-practicing Catholic and one who is a Lutheran. "Being a Jew" isn't hereditary; it isn't a race per se.

"We're all Jews," Obama solemnly states to commemorate Holocaust Day is stretching it. I'm not Jewish, my parents aren't and I don't identify as one. 

What Obama says isn't false, but it doesn't gain him any credence due to him never identifying as a Jew, but as a Christian (though Jewish is a Christina faith). What he's doing is exactly what he did when he said, "If I a had son he'd look like Trayvon." No. If Obama had a son he wouldn't look like Trayvon at all unless he had sex with Trayvon's mom. What he's doing is exactly the same thing he did when addressing the nation about gun control with the family members of the slain standing behind him, all while shedding a few tears. He's using his black skin, his skill to manipulate emotions in order to swing the vote his way and his mother's non-existence Jewish practices for his own benefit. Just say that you recognize the horror that was the Holocaust and be done with it. Visit the concentration camp memorial if you have to, but don't say, "We're all Jews." That's just weird.

I'd like Ben Shapiro to ask Obama about "being a Jew" in terms of faith practices and the history of Jews (excluding Holocaust questions because mostly everyone knows about that). Obama will probably chuckle, shift in his sit uncomfortably and say something along the lines that "being Jew" is more so of how one feels and if their parent was a Jew than any practice of traditions and religious beliefs. Actually, if I were Shapiro I'd look at Obama wits disgust as well as Sanders if they ever try to use the Jew card to gain sympathy or inclusion.