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Happy Lunar New Year (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair, you're conflating Orthodox (or even Ultra-Orthodox) Jews and Reform Jews, which is kind of like conflating Mennonites (or Amish) to Methodists. Same religion, very different interpretations. The latter being much less medieval in their way of thinking.

Still no bacon though for most of them.

[–] Skullgrid 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Still no bacon though for most of them.

https://stljewishlight.org/news/world-news/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/

“There are no Christian symbols on the walls,” Plaut said. “There’s no mixing of meat and dairy, and the pork that is evident is hidden. Hence the phrase ‘safe treyf.’ You can’t see it when you eat it so it’s ok.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 9 months ago

I remember the first time I saw my mom eating a BLT. My mind boggled.

But the rest of my family wouldn't touch pork.