Bexley is an upper-middle-class enclave in Columbus, Ohio, where many, if not most, of the area’s Jewry lives. There are four synagogues on Broad Street, the busy thoroughfare that runs through it: two Orthodox, one Conservative and one Reform. On any given Saturday morning, observant Jewish residents can be seen walking on the sidewalks of Broad Street to synagogue. Given where they live, Bexley Jews are empirically successful and “well-off” financially. This, according to some, qualifies them as being considered “white.”

Assigning the adjective “white” as a pejorative to Jews is currently in vogue, especially among pundits on the left. Books such as Karen Brodkin’s How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America and articles such as Dave Schechter’s “ Are Jews Wh

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