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Jesus was divinely conceived, thus his nationality was irrelevant. We're not even sure he was actually related to Mary. It's more likely she was a surrogate of a divine embryo that didn't have any earthly ties at all. Unless we're to believe that Jesus was the genetic son of Mary and Joseph which, while not impossible, doesn't seem very likely.
Also, actions speak louder than words. Anyone can try to claim Jesus - was he a Muslim? A Jew? - but what matters is what he did and preached. We could try to break it down by ethnicity, biology, nationality, or what have you, it doesn't really matter. What matters is how he lived, and how his followers live.
Jews don't follow Jesus. Muslims don't follow Jesus. So who cares even if Jesus was literally Muslim/Jewish. Let's say Jesus was somehow literally Muslim. Irrelevant, Muslims don't follow Christ. Was Jesus Jewish? Irrelevant, Jews don't follow Christ. And, for the record, this goes for plenty of Christians as well.
Try to claim Christ, while not following his teachings? Even if factually correct, it's subversion.
Now, admittedly, this is coming from a non-Christian. I've said before, I believe in God, but haven't done the work to really determined where I fit in or what I believe. I don't go to church, not that that defines anything, and I don't claim to be a Christian. But it seems like, if you give any divinity at all to ol' Jesus Christ, it doesn't really matter what he was. He's the son of that God fella. Trying to pigeonhole him and call him a Jew or Muslim according to modern standards is missing the point.
Who cares if Jesus was Jewish by birth? The Jews didn't follow Jesus, and Jesus didn't follow the Jews. It doesn't matter. It's like that meme about 'oh, I'm not a Christian, but I'll preach at you about Jesus and Christianity because that's what you believe.' You can't simultaneously claim and denounce someone.
Or black. I took a Western religion class in college and when we discussed the historicity of Jesus (spoiler alert, people who have honestly studied this agree that he existed) the professor told us some some bitch withdrew from the class in a previous semester when he refused to say that Jesus was black. He didn't say he wasn't black either, just that there's no scholarly consensus. She threw away the money she paid to take the class all because the professor maintained his intellectual honesty instead of parroting her We Wuz Kangz 'N Sheet tier claims.
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Jesus was jewish and that matters because it fulfills the prophecies. His nationality isn't irrelevant.