think big, well thank you for the clarification that “recognized’ means actual physical recognition.
My point about the mishne was that jews have an inherent zechus to be Jewish, regardless of how they behave in life. This, obviously, makes every jew special, even if he is totally separated from Klal Yisroel. I guess that I am allergic to a sentence that says : “Jews by birth, who were raised without, behave just like goyim”. Maybe. But I sure would not say anything negative about any jew. This is ultimately the essence of “ahavas yisroel”, to love every single Jew, regardless of where he is spiritually or what he does in life. Ultimately,we are all responsible for vour Jewish brothers and sisters.
Concerning your remark about wisdom and its roots. If you believe that the Torah is the source of all wisdom , then all wisdom will emanate from it, wherever it lands. So Einstein and Freud indeed do receive their wisdom from the Torah. And maybe, just maybe, they being born Jewish gives them an extra edge. How else would you explain the absolute abundance of Jewish Nobel Prizes , especially in the sciences. Maybe it is the fact that they were born jewish and in their neshomo, they are Jewish?