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Jewishness (n.) allowed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no escape: from Judaism one could flee into conversion, from Jewishness there was no way out.

Jewishness (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the salons was at once a physical stain and a mysterious personal privilege — it opened the doors and made one's position insecure.

Jewishness (n.) grew ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠more obsessive the more Jewish birth lost its religious, national and economic meaning — one became addicted to it as to a vice.

Jewishness (n.) could ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not have become an interesting vice without a prejudice calling it a crime — nor without Jews who considered it an innate virtue.

Jewishness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what Judaism became once Jews were defined neither by nationality nor religion: a set of psychological attributes, the Jewish question turned into a personal problem for every individual.