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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Their mother was Jewish but they haven't been taught the religion, making them technically Jewish but without any knowledge of Judaism.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

He’s Jew-ish

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So is everybody here a technical Jew? Like, that's three of us, and this isn't a huge community.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm Brian, and so is my wife.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Brian is an interesting name for a woman. Then again, my brother Steven married a man named Stephen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

Good for Steven and Stephen, and wish them every happiness.

[–] AngryCommieKender 2 points 9 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Ahhhhh this makes more sense, thanks for clarifying!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Bingo 👍👌