I hate to have to reiterate what Einstein said – to a journalist who sneered as he was leavening nazi germany – "So Herr Einstein, How do you feel about being a Jew?" – "Young man, I wish I wasn’t born a Jew – he replied – but not for the reason you think; for when I see the oppression going on against the Jews, and every nation of the world turning a blind eye, I wish I could have chosen to convert to Judaism!" – and the same applies today