Simova doesn't strongly identify as a Jew, but has never been under any misapprehension about her ethnic identity.
Simova knows she is a Jew though she would rather identify otherwise to avoid any sort of negative judgment. 
mnli hypothesis: Simova knows she is a Jew though she would rather identify otherwise to avoid any sort of negative judgment.  premise: Simova doesn't strongly identify as a Jew, but has never been under any misapprehension about her ethnic identity.