:::: Ewen, I'm sure you will be astounded to learn that this has been discussed on this talk page previously.  That doesn't mean that we can't talk about it again, but you might want to look at Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 1#Fischer Jewish?, Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive_2#"Jewish_Chessplayers" cat., Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 3#Evidence_for_Fischer's Jewish Heritage?, Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 3#Category: Jewish Chess Players,  Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 4#Bobby_Fischer's Father: To Be or Not to Be....Jewish._That's the Question, Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 4#Jewish, Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 5#His mother was really Jewish?, and Talk:Bobby Fischer/Archive 5#Is he a jew? Can we get this straight.  I think I used to write that you should try to forgive us if old-timers around here seem fatigued by this topic, as for a couple years it came up with depressing frequency.  (Yes, I was present for all of those discussions, but I couldn't possibly have mustered the intestinal fortitude to participate in all of them.)  I think it's been almost 4 years since the last go around. It's probably time to beat this poor horse again.