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As a technical Jew I can say that yes, this is technically kosher ^disclaimer: I have no knowledge at all of Jewish custom or scripture^
What
Their mother was Jewish but they haven't been taught the religion, making them technically Jewish but without any knowledge of Judaism.
He’s a Jew but not Jewish.
Like me.
One is an ethnicity. The other is a religion. It’s easy to get them confused.
He’s Jew-ish
So is everybody here a technical Jew? Like, that's three of us, and this isn't a huge community.
I'm Brian, and so is my wife.
Brian is an interesting name for a woman. Then again, my brother Steven married a man named Stephen.
It's from "Life of Brian", and somewhat related to Jewish identity. Here's the referenced scene - recommend the whole movie if you've never seen it.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4SYc_flMnMQ
Good for Steven and Stephen, and wish them every happiness.
I'm reasonably certain I wouldn't count. As far as I know there were no Jews (by ethnicity) in my family for the last couple hundred years.
I do, however, count as a Native American, specifically I'm ¹/16th Lakota.
Ahhhhh this makes more sense, thanks for clarifying!
Bingo 👍👌
They're a theoretical Jew like Einstein was a theoretical physicist.
New judaism lore dropped
But is it considered cannon?