tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post4760779420882057570..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: When Is It OK to Say "I'm Jewish," Even If You Really Aren't?Kochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-17548899310864055952017-11-15T20:46:53.636-05:002017-11-15T20:46:53.636-05:00I believe she meant they take you at face value ra...I believe she meant they take you at face value rather then quizzing you intensely about yourself and family history like Frum Yidden do.Emernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-70011676920448478412013-12-15T13:02:43.794-05:002013-12-15T13:02:43.794-05:00I agree, I am a Noahide (converting) and whenever ...I agree, I am a Noahide (converting) and whenever someone asks me my religious affiliation, I always say "Jewish/Judaism" to avoid a long discussion on the Noahide Laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-3760387690185373972013-08-01T19:46:23.221-04:002013-08-01T19:46:23.221-04:00Can't we all just get along?Can't we all just get along?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-3560096705591462902013-07-16T14:16:15.066-04:002013-07-16T14:16:15.066-04:00As an atheist, some people (mostly christians) wil...As an atheist, some people (mostly christians) will ask me if I'm baptized to make a point. I don't know why. Then I tell them yes, and they're like: "so you're Christian!" so I tell them my mother's technically Jewish (though she is an atheist as well) and they end up confused. It's fun! Some people just can't believe someone can be an atheist for some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-23491614339364949182012-09-08T13:00:42.356-04:002012-09-08T13:00:42.356-04:00I was born 25% ethnic jewish, and my religion and ...I was born 25% ethnic jewish, and my religion and way of life is judaism, I do consider myself jewish even if many do not. You are who you say you are, and you are what you do, so if you believe you are jewish, you are, and many jews believe that and yes i have met orthodox jews and reform jews and secular they all feel the same. I am planning on converting and making it official but only after IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-59351965600705783002012-07-11T11:12:55.178-04:002012-07-11T11:12:55.178-04:00We were specifically told in our conversion progra...We were specifically told in our conversion program: to the non-Jews, you *are* a Jew. To the Jews you are not-yet-a-Jew.<br /><br />I don't necessarily go around *broadcasting* that I'm in the geirus program, but I don't evade if I am asked. Then again, our community has quite a decent number of geirus candidates and BT's who are just beginning their journey back and people are Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278517553070215031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-20944302199679097942011-11-09T18:45:34.375-05:002011-11-09T18:45:34.375-05:00It depended on how long of a conversation and how ...It depended on how long of a conversation and how many questions I wanted to answer as to whether I told people I was in the process of converting or whether I just told them I was Jewish. Patients at work I just told I was Jewish. Usually they would ask as small talk and it would interrupt the exam. Anyone else who I didn't want a long conversation about the process with, I just told I was Jadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-15131386202913468332011-07-06T21:16:28.490-04:002011-07-06T21:16:28.490-04:00First of all, we are a people and not a religion. ...First of all, we are a people and not a religion. (But true, you can join the tribe).<br />And you dont convert to a religion, you join the Jewish people. While the classical halachic definition of modern rabbinical Judaism <br />is that you are Jewish if your mother is Jewish (note that i say _modern_ and _rabbinical_), there are a large number of patrilineal Jews who consider themselves Jewish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-32825709653552139292011-06-27T01:13:32.650-04:002011-06-27T01:13:32.650-04:00It's ridiculous not to accept an invitation to...It's ridiculous not to accept an invitation to a Halloween celebration, even a Christmas one.It's a time to share traditions and celebrate friendships and the fact that we are all different and yet can learn and appreciate someone else's holidays. Do you eat Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo? Corn beef & cabbage on St. Patrick's Day? Likewise, invite these folk to a shabbat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-23781363819394443182011-02-20T17:24:22.856-05:002011-02-20T17:24:22.856-05:00Think Jewish, live Jewish, and you'll be Jewis...Think Jewish, live Jewish, and you'll be Jewish!Schvachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052885350566210171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-40724619768417589882011-02-15T23:45:13.844-05:002011-02-15T23:45:13.844-05:00If I'm asked I say I am converting. I never re...If I'm asked I say I am converting. I never refer to myself as being Jewish because I don't feel comfortable with such until after I'm official. I do find it annoying to be in the limbo but that's life :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-84537483302825411242011-02-09T21:31:23.884-05:002011-02-09T21:31:23.884-05:00Susan, I mean "many" as being a actual l...Susan, I mean "many" as being a actual large number of people, not in the sense of a percentage of the Jewish people. The people I'm referring to are primarily those who consider themselves culturally/ethnically Jewish and have had little to no exposure to "Jewish" as a religion. Because they haven't been taught that there are procedures for conversion, they simply donCrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-89185862096969769742011-02-09T21:22:05.797-05:002011-02-09T21:22:05.797-05:00Thanks for your thoughts, guys! And Leah Sarah, fa...Thanks for your thoughts, guys! And Leah Sarah, fabulous idea!CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-53522590786777823132011-02-09T17:19:55.133-05:002011-02-09T17:19:55.133-05:00Will there be a counter post or a follow up post t...Will there be a counter post or a follow up post to this as in the times where, unfortunately you do have to go "no, but..." and explain? I have heard many converts say they refuse to say that they are in the process because of undue prejudice. Unfortunately when it comes to bishul on yomim tovim, mevushal wine, minyanim, zimmun in bentching, aliyot/other honors in shul, and probably Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346629911135742919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-34856291047003007042011-02-09T16:40:35.841-05:002011-02-09T16:40:35.841-05:00Many American Jews think you can become Jewish jus...Many American Jews think you can become Jewish just by saying you are? What makes you say this? I have never met a Jew who expressed any such thing, and I have only belonged to Reform congregations, so it's not like I'm only hanging out with frum folk.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-20001011630733567872011-02-09T13:36:44.113-05:002011-02-09T13:36:44.113-05:00Just one piece of input about hospitals- sometimes...Just one piece of input about hospitals- sometimes there is a chaplain assigned to a particular unit who will be the one to come in first, to talk/pray/whatever. You can ask them for a clergy person of your own religion if you want, but many hospitals send whichever chaplain is on, because it is an interfaith job. As a student chaplain, I've seen any number of Christians, Muslims, atheists,Maya Resnikoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251303621825787312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-43315113503925205162011-02-09T11:28:29.838-05:002011-02-09T11:28:29.838-05:00I just posted not long ago about this being a big ...I just posted not long ago about this being a big source of frustration to me! I quite often get asked what I am... but all sorta of people. I never do know what to say so I take situation by situation.<br /><br />Like the (non-frum) Jewish guy in the hallway at a hotel I was staying at - he was just DYING to tell all about his nephew's bar mitzveh he just attended. He was so happy to see a Ellehttp://www.onbecomingdevoted.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com