Reply To: If Bernie Sanders is Jewish, I'm a Christmas Tree

A lack of chazaka would not take away someones Jewish neshama (whatever that is worth) if they are truly Jewish. So there probably have been Jewish US presidents in the past. I dont care if he is techincally Jewish because someone being Jewish on a technical level while at the same time not keeping any mitzvos whatsoever and proclaims basically that God does not even exist means nothing to me.

I dont care if halacha considers him Jewish or not when he does not believe in God. Unlike other people who for some reason value the fact that he knows what matzha balls are and has tasted gefilta fish in his life. If anything, a Jewish neshama can lead to more bad than good when it is off the derech.