Let us look at an example. Magda Lupescu, lover and
later wife of King Carol II of Rumania was the
daughter of converted Jews and as such was probably
born in a Christian family. In her Siguranta (the
Rumanian Secret Police, before it changed name -- but
not its practices -- into Securitate) yet, she was
earmarked though as a Jewess and defined as such by
practically all of the country's population! Now,
history defines King Carol II as a Fascist King.
Personally I have some doubts, and not because he
married Lupeasca... On top of it, good old King Carol
forgot a small detail: he did not sign his abdication
decree that was pushed down his throat by Antonescu.
The King claimed so in his memoirs and nobody could
produce the document, so... This means that if Magda
Lupescu was a Jew (correct in the Rumanian minds, as
we saw it above), Rumania had a Jewish Queen! And then
there is the story of the King's heirs...

Now, the above mentioned Jewish law would define Magda
Lupescu as non-Jewish, but this is strictly a
religious Jewish system, vital to some and of little
if any value to other Jews, yours truly included!

Back to French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy: his
roots are Sefardi Jewish from Salonika/Thesaloniki*,
Greece. Sarkozy's grandfather, Aron Mallah, was born
in Salonika and immigrated to France, where he
converted to Catholicism. What is then Sarkozy?
Whenever he will make a decision that can be even
vaguely viewed as pro-Israel or pro-Jewish, he is
going to be "that damn Jew".

Other than this, he can be whatever he damn pleases...
as far as I am concerned!

Take it from a (mostly) Greek Jew** from the Rumanian space,

Alin Sebastian

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* there are some members with grandparents born in
Salonika at my own newsgroups, though all may be
Macedo-Rumanians, another once major ethnic group of
the region. I am not sure about the Jews... As for
Greeks, we got none!
** well,... roots at least, though mine are pretty
well Pontic and covered by a heavy Rumanian patina