The analogy was meant to be provocative. I was responding to lightbrite, who suggested that clothing that our ancestors wore because they were required by secular governments to differentiate themselves from the general population, is “Jewish” clothing. It’s not. Just because we historically did this or that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a part of our identity. It depends what the reason was. If we had our own independent traditions to wear such and such, that would be a different story. But if we wore it because the government told us to? Uh-uh. No different than a yellow star.
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