I had a Jewish neighbor once, does that count?..........
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...my step-grandmother is a Jew.
I thought race or culture wasn't supposed to matter anymore. At least that's what the libs always say.....
I learned that my maternal great-grandfather was Jewish. I thought this explained my affinity for Israel but I was told by a rabbi, "You're not Jewish, since your great-grandmother wasn't. Jewishness can only be passed down through the maternal line."
I'm confused. Any definitive opinion out there?
Alouette's Law: Nobody is Jewish until they have made some attempt to keep Sabbath and/or Kosher and/or the High Holidays.
Corollary to Alouette's Law: If you can give it away, it was never yours to begin with.
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Some of my best medical specialists are Jewish.
Oy vey! So feh...
I'm not Jewish, but I swear I'm evolving into a Zionist nonetheless...
My wife just returned from our nephew's Jewish wedding...does that count?
The liberals are mad 'cause Allen wasn't wearing his star.
I am descended from Alfred the Great, who claimed descent from a continuous line back through Abraham to Adam. I guess that doesn't count, though.
Actually, Jesus said that he did not wish to change "one jot or tittle" of Jewish law, so Christians and Jews should be very, very close. I have always liked many Jewish teachings, even those which are not thought of as being distinctively Christian. For example, we Christians tend to emphasize the motive behind good deeds, and to insist that without the good motive, there is no merit. Thus Jesus advised that when giving alms (charity), one should act secretly, and not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. The idea is to keep the motive pure, and make certain that the good is not done for adulation.
A Jewish friend told me that the same thing is taught in the Talmud. Then a rabbi told me that it is also taught that you should do right even if you do not have the motive fully developed, because if you act right enough, the understanding and the motive will arise, anyway. I think that he was absolutely correct, and that modern society misses this. It is why we think that manners do not matter; but I think that polite behavior causes a feedback to the individual. If you smile and are courteous, pretty soon you start feeling that way.
And if you causually use foul language and hostile, aggressive terminology, your inner feelings will begin to conform to evil.
The Jews have an expression: the mitzvah. It is a kind deed. Like a good Boy Scout, they are supposed to try to rack up one or more a day. My wife and I have adopted this expression, and we encourage each other in mitzvahs. It is not for adulation, but because it is good for the individual doer, and proper. The deeds we count are often small (and we speak of mini-mitzvahs and mega-mitzvahs, to distinguish), and we never mention to outsiders what we are doing. I think that it works to improve ones life to do nice things.
We do not go into the intricacies of Jewish law on mitzvahs (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzva), but have simply adopted the idea.
The days when someone would be embarassed about having a Jewish grandparent (or maybe all-Jewish grandparents) should be long past. Anyway, it is what one does with ones life which counts. Live a good life!
Found out last year I had some Viking blood in me. Unfortunaetely that won't help my political career. lol.
Not surprising. My Grandmother kept that secret for decades. The family has roots in Sweden, but they were jews. I never understood why she kept that quiet until I realized that she lived through the 1930's and '40's.
Does that make me a "Jewish Symphatizer?" - LOL (...Not that there is anything wrong with that!...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Oy vey!
Take it easy, George, but begin observing. And clobber that Scots-Irish Democrat turncoat!
'Ashrei ha`am sheHaShem 'Eloqayv!