His mother had been a Wren, a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service.[21] She was of jewish origin (Christopher and his brother were 1/4 ethnically jewish), something Hitchens discovered when he was 38; he came to identify as a jew.
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Later in life, Hitchens identified as ethnically jewish—since judaism is matrilineal and his mother was jewish.
>His mother had been a Wren, a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service.[21] She was of jewish origin (Christopher and his brother were 1/4 ethnically jewish), something Hitchens discovered when he was 38; he came to identify as a jew.
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>Later in life, Hitchens identified as ethnically jewish—since judaism is matrilineal and his mother was jewish.
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