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That's not always possible, especially if your phenotype doesn't match.
It also depends on how do you perceive your identity and whether you can let go of old-culture values including, for example, your religion.
It mostly depends on how the culture you want to join perceives identity; it's easier to become American than to become Jewish.
I disagree -- humans, in particular, adults, are not that malleable. Discarding your old identity is hard.
Of course, some cultures are more accepting of newcomers (e.g. US) and some less (e.g. Japan).
I think of "Jewish" as mostly ethnicity (if you prefer, a particular gene pool) and somewhat culture. In that sense you cannot "become" Jewish. You probably mean "convert to Judaism", though, and that's not that hard to do. Judaism does not proselytize for historical reasons, but if you want to convert you can do so.
That also applies to some extent to most European nationalities.
Yes, but "Jewish" is part of two different sets: one is "French, German, Italian, Jewish, ..." and the other one is "Christian, Moslem, Jewish, ..." and that gives rise to a lot of confusion.