He said he had gone to a Jewish pre-school, that “Elon” is an Israeli name and that he had been to Israel twice. And Musk said he surrounds himself with Jews.
“I’m aware of that old sort of trope of like, you know, ‘I have a Jewish friend,’” Musk said. “I don’t have a Jewish friend. I think probably, I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. That’s why I think I like to think I’m Jewish basically.”