Sorry, but you're wrong about my position. Of course I think it's OK for Cece to celebrate and acknowledge her Chinese heritage and identity, as long as she decides to do it and it isn't imposed on her as though she's some sort of spectacle which, needless to say, she isn't. And being Chinese doesn't automatically make one a ger. Follow the story in the original NYT article - she is a ger, and we are not permitted, according to halacha, to say she is. It is incumbent on us to accept her as a Jew with no strings attached, and if she wishes to indulge in Chinese culture, whether in or out of the context of Judaism, that's her prerogative. I have no difficulty accepting this young lady as a Jew or as Chinese, or if you wish, as a Chinese Jew (by the way, there are no categories of Jews, only labels for the various minhagim, like Ashkinazic and Sephardic). Cece's life is her own, and I hope that as she grows and develops she will increase in her commitment to Judaism, with or without the inclusion of her Chinese heritage, as SHE sees fit, without the possible gawking from others.

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