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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back. Thank you for all of the interesting discussion! I've learned so much as well as realized there are no clear cut answers. To the PP who suggested I needed to get out more because I'm part of the dominant culture and never gave a thought to my own identity-- I'm Japanese. Not dominant culture here, and you're right, I haven't had to give much thought to my identity. Still curious about others regardless. [/quote] Japanese-American OP? If so, where did you grow up? [b]Also, do you watch John Stewart? Do you find him funny? He has a very dry, Northeastern U.S. Jewish sense of humor, which largely comes from among the Jews of Eastern Europe.[/b] Here are the main Jewish ethnic groups: Ashkenazic Jews: Jews from largely Central and Eastern Europe. This is the largest group of Jews in the U.S. In Europe, they largely spoke Yiddish, a High German language using a Hebrew alphabet. Sephardic Jews: Jews from around the Mediterranean basin in Europe - largely Spain and Portugal. They spoke - and perhaps some still speak - a language called Ladino - that is based on Spanish and uses the Hebrew alphabet. Mizrahi Jews: Jews from the Middle East, including Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, etc. Not sure of Jews who resided in Palestine prior to the founding of the State of Israel are included in this group. Maghrebic Jews: Jews from Northern Africa - largely Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. Falasha or Beta Israel: Jews from Ethiopia and Eritrea [/quote] You want dry humor? Try my BIL -- white, British (citizenship and heritage), raised as an Anglican. [/quote]
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