You've been repeatedly posting flamebait and political battle comments to HN. That's not what the site is for, and if you keep doing it we will ban you. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

The implication - that Jews who were in Eastern Europe are not "real" Jews - is a wonderful example of anti-semitism. You only forgot to add on "Go back to Poland!"

Edit: Also, "the persecution complex" - as if the single greatest attempt at genocide in modern history was NOT targeted at Jews.

What about artificial famine in Ukraine 1932?

I stand corrected. One of the two greatest attempt at genocide. That has no bearing on my argument, however.

So you are doubling down on your conpiracy-minded and anti-semitic claim that Ashkenazi Jews are not real. I am going to link a Reddit comment I found with a very quick Google search that addresses it and call it a night. I hope you are able to remove the hate from your eyes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/8g1jhd/so_which_pe...

Edit: One more thing. Please point me to the thriving North African and Middle Eastern Jewish communities that you describe. They do not exist because they were persecuted. Some countries less so, but to claim that there was no persecution is a complete distortion of history. Good night!