Originally Posted by gojira-san

Having grown up on LI, I've known some people like this, this guy just happens to be the uber version. When the OP used "mensch" I figured sarcasm.

One of the guy's wishes I can understand -- many of my Jewish friends were looking only for a Jewish mate. As I grew up Catholic, there was family pressure to marry in the faith and for a lot of Jews there's the same pull.

(The joke among my Jewish friends when we were growing up: "The goyim are for practice!")