Wow. For all of these “well documented” facts people are stating, there sure is a glaring lack of sources being cited here.
Who cares who had smarter balhabatim 1000 years ago?
The khazar theory is fake and made up by anti-Semites. Everyone should be proud of their mesorah. People who “wish they could switch to the other mesorah” are self-loathers and should not be taken seriously in any argument.