Many of them blame Judaism, not Nazism, for the Holocaust and have a deep resentment toward all things Jewish and especially hate Israel(and yes, many of them do want to see Israel destroyed). However, they insist that their children only marry Jewish and explode immediately if you mention that they may be happier just declaring themselves atheists or Christian. "What do I look like? A Goy!!" they demand redfaced and nearly hysterical, dripping butter from their mouth and pointing at me threateningly with what is left of their lobster tail. "uuuuhh, why no...uhhh, no, no, not at all..."
These are those who view Jewishness as a race only. They are Chauvinistically faithful to the 'race' aspect but think the religion is primitive and silly.
I avoid secular Jews. This one man's individual experiences are that they are deeply conflicted, confused, individuals with a hair-trigger to be offended and are steeped in anger and hate for Judaism, Christianity,...well...just about everything.
I just stay away from them but if I am around them I never mention anything about religion or Israel.
With some of them, it is like lighting a fuse...which could be what Ms. is thinking.
I’ve had similar experiences.
There’s a man I work with who’s actually been to Israel several times but isn’t aware of the lengths Israeli’s have to go to protect themselves from terror.
He also doesn’t believe that the nearly daily missile attacks by terrorists are real. He thinks the Israeli government fabricates the stories.
LOL! That sentence was Steynian in its humor.
Do you really know Jews who make a point to have a ham and cheese sandwich on Yom Kippur?
Do you really know Jews who blame Judaism, not Nazism, for the Holocaust?
Have you ever seen a Jew get redfaced and nearly hysterical while dripping butter from his or her mouth and pointing threateningly with what is left of their lobstertail?
I think that these are apocryphal stereotypes.