The comment said
> Japan isn't an officially Shinto state
You are just misquoting the comment
What did the parent to the parent say again?
The parent was suggesting that there is a jewish religion and a jewish race and that the race is the qualifier not the religion.
Dubious to argue, but if thats the argument then bringing religion back in w.r.t. Japan is wrong and he knew it.
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I focused on religion because it's how eligibility for Aliyah is defined. you're Jewish if your mom was Jewish, either because her mom was Jewish or because she converted. there are Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews. those are all different races/ethnicities. specifically, Mizrahi Jews are ethnically Arab. so I disagree that race is the qualifier.
Come on mate, thats possibly the most asinine and distasteful argument I have seen on this site.