“Big difference between muslims and Jews, huh?”
It is, and I think a lot of people don’t understand.
Jewish people do not attempt to impose Jewish law on non-Jewish people; it’s simply inapplicable.
Now, I personally don’t eat pork, and candidly find the smell of bacon disgusting, but that’s my problem and I wouldn’t demand employees stop eating BLTs.
I was raised as a Conservative Jew. I have many childhood memories of hypocrisy. Often, at another family’s home, after poker games, the adults would verify that Grandpa was asleep and then order out ribs. Grandpa was not asleep. He simply waited until the order arrived and everyone was eating and then saunter downstairs for a “glazel wasser.” Everyone would freeze and Granpa would serenely get his water and slowly walk back upstairs, smiling. When my father was away on business, my mother would make kielbasa for us. She once tried to get our Jewish pediatrician to say bacon was ok for kids “because of the minerals.” I remember her telling Dad she bought meat at the supermarket because it was cleaner than the Jewish butcher’s.
Many Jews simply ignore dietary laws, like Catholics ignore birth control laws.
“Now, I personally don’t eat pork, and candidly find the smell of bacon disgusting, but that’s my problem and I wouldn’t demand employees stop eating BLTs.”
That’s mighty white of you!
Cool! I call DIBS on your share!
Mark