{"id":1038,"date":"2014-01-29T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/what-defines-us-as-jews-actions-not-ancestry\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:26:50","slug":"what-defines-us-as-jews-actions-not-ancestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/what-defines-us-as-jews-actions-not-ancestry\/","title":{"rendered":"What Defines <b>Us<\/b> as Jews? Actions \u2014 Not Ancestry."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What Defines <b>Us<\/b> as Jews? Actions \u2014 Not Ancestry.<\/strong><br \/>\nBut much as I adore everything British \u2014 even my dogs are named for Jane Austen characters \u2014 I have no interest in obtaining a passport from Her Majesty&#39;s Government. It&#39;s not my country. And it&#39;s not my tribe. 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