I really enjoyed the article as well (even if I have a different perspective, I did still enjoy it a lot and thought it was really of value). I just really had a problem with that one assertion.

I suppose part of my ideological objection is that it accepts the idea that there is a specific way to "look Jewish." Despite that it is possible to look like anything and be Jewish. I realize this isn't Rebecca's doing my any means, that it is just reflective of a distinctly American ideal of Jewishness; however it seems like American Jews are often the first to buy into this idea.