I’m Not Quite Jewish, I’m Jew-ish

When asked if he was a Jew, Jonathan Miller, then a member of the English comedy group Beyond the Fringe, answered, no, but “I’m Jew-ish.” A comic answer, but one with a nugget of truth. What is meant is that among practicing Jews, Miller wasn’t truly a Jew, but he considered himself Jewish nonetheless. So do I consider myself, and so do millions of others born to Jewish parents.