I'm Jewish. Ask me anything.

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Anonymous wrote:But yes, now you have another "reason" to discourage your daughters from fraternizing with Jewish boys. We will laugh when at her, maybe after sex with a non-racist cousin, if she has one, when she gives voice to what you likely are teaching her.

I hope that she dates men who do not use such words or treat sex so lightly. If she marries a Jewish man, like her father, I hope that he is as gracious as her father.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious to see what questions you may have.

How will you combat Asian children taking slots from your propped-up, over prepared children that in actually, really aren't all that smart.

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Anonymous wrote:Do Jewish women have to have their heads covered? And if so, do wigs count? I seem to see alot of Jewish women wearing wigs.

Many Orthodox, married Jewish women cover their hair with a hat, scarf or wig. Hair is considered to be a part of a woman's beauty and sexuality and should be reserved for her husband. The manner in which it is civered differs among the various orthodox communities. Unmarried women do no giver their hair, even in synagogue.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think about the gentiles who send their kids to a Jewish preschool?

I'm one of them.

Not.the OP but I just assume its the best school in your neighborhood. I would.wonder more if you continued to send them to.a Jewish day school.

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I saw Hassaidic family walking to synagogue up in Bethesda. With them was a teenaged Asian boy who had the side curls (well sort-of b/c his hair won't curl) and was dressed the same as them. I concluded that he might be adopted. I then wondered how that works--how frequently do Jewish people adopt? Because if the children are not born from a Jewish woman then their descendants, strictly speaking, cannot be Jewish. So how do they marry them within the community. Would they basically be unmarriagable to other Jews?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think about the gentiles who send their kids to a Jewish preschool?

I'm one of them.

Not.the OP but I just assume its the best school in your neighborhood. I would.wonder more if you continued to send them to.a Jewish day school.

lol
yeah - not happening!

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Anonymous wrote:I saw Hassaidic family walking to synagogue up in Bethesda. With them was a teenaged Asian boy who had the side curls (well sort-of b/c his hair won't curl) and was dressed the same as them. I concluded that he might be adopted. I then wondered how that works--how frequently do Jewish people adopt? Because if the children are not born from a Jewish woman then their descendants, strictly speaking, cannot be Jewish. So how do they marry them within the community. Would they basically be unmarriagable to other Jews?

Jews adopt all the time. The children are converted when they are young and at bar or bat mitzvah age, they are given the opportunity to affirm their conversion. It is .preferable to adopt non-Jewish children (assuming the adoptions are anonymous) as it avoids the possibility that there are blood relations leading to impermissible relationships later in life, I.e. ling lost sibling they don't know about.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw Hassaidic family walking to synagogue up in Bethesda. With them was a teenaged Asian boy who had the side curls (well sort-of b/c his hair won't curl) and was dressed the same as them. I concluded that he might be adopted. I then wondered how that works--how frequently do Jewish people adopt? Because if the children are not born from a Jewish woman then their descendants, strictly speaking, cannot be Jewish. So how do they marry them within the community. Would they basically be unmarriagable to other Jews?

There are Asian Jews

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Anonymous wrote:But yes, now you have another "reason" to discourage your daughters from fraternizing with Jewish boys. We will laugh when at her, maybe after sex with a non-racist cousin, if she has one, when she gives voice to what you likely are teaching her.

I hope that she dates men who do not use such words or treat sex so lightly. If she marries a Jewish man, like her father, I hope that he is as gracious as her father.

It does sound like this PP somehow fetishizes Aryan-looking women-- not uncommon though I really think the many among our brothers who do this ought to unpack their issues a little. Not to mention that it's rather offensive to Jewish women and the mothers of Jewish girls.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But yes, now you have another "reason" to discourage your daughters from fraternizing with Jewish boys. We will laugh when at her, maybe after sex with a non-racist cousin, if she has one, when she gives voice to what you likely are teaching her.

I hope that she dates men who do not use such words or treat sex so lightly. If she marries a Jewish man, like her father, I hope that he is as gracious as her father.

It does sound like this PP somehow fetishizes Aryan-looking women-- not uncommon though I really think the many among our brothers who do this ought to unpack their issues a little. Not to mention that it's rather offensive to Jewish women and the mothers of Jewish girls.

No, it doesn't sound that way at all. The laugh was about the racist cousin being not particularly aryan and losing out on sex with the Jew -- after she expressed contempt for Jews -- to her aryan looking cousin. The word you are looking for is "irony," not "fetish."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But yes, now you have another "reason" to discourage your daughters from fraternizing with Jewish boys. We will laugh when at her, maybe after sex with a non-racist cousin, if she has one, when she gives voice to what you likely are teaching her.

I hope that she dates men who do not use such words or treat sex so lightly. If she marries a Jewish man, like her father, I hope that he is as gracious as her father.

It does sound like this PP somehow fetishizes Aryan-looking women-- not uncommon though I really think the many among our brothers who do this ought to unpack their issues a little. Not to mention that it's rather offensive to Jewish women and the mothers of Jewish girls.

No, it doesn't sound that way at all. The laugh was about the racist cousin being not particularly aryan and losing out on sex with the Jew -- after she expressed contempt for Jews -- to her aryan looking cousin. The word you are looking for is "irony," not "fetish."

If she was antisemitic, she would not see it as losing out. But I agree with pp, some issues need to be unpacked.

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If the 6 point star is so offensive, why does almost all Hannukah wrapping paper have them on it? I asked my Jewish DH if he found the star offensive. He said, "you mean the swastika?" and I said no the star and he said, "I've never known anyone to be offended by that."

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Anonymous wrote:If the 6 point star is so offensive, why does almost all Hannukah wrapping paper have them on it? I asked my Jewish DH if he found the star offensive. He said, "you mean the swastika?" and I said no the star and he said, "I've never known anyone to be offended by that."

I think PPs are saying that only because it had yellow sprinkles.

I'm Jewish (not OP) and I would have thought you were trying to include some Jewish cookies in with the mix. I never in a million years would have thought anything of the yellow. I would have thought you either didn't have any blue or you didn't know "Hanukkah colors." However, if you tol me your explanation of the star being prettier and different ad not knowing about the Star of David, I would have thought you were a moron. If you didn't say a word, I would have thought it a nice gesture.

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14:38 again. Sorry for all the typos in a post suggesting someone is a moron.

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Wow! Is this really what you think of Jews? That they all get plastic surgery because they think they look ethnic? I can guaranty you that there are more non-Jews who get plastic surgery because hey hate the way they look. Jews do not claim to be superior. Christians do. If Jews continue to diversify--marry out of their religion-- there won't be many Jews left in this world. Jews are very accepting of other races, religions and cultures. Always have been and always will be. Jews played a huge role in the civil rights movement, for example. I grew up as a Jew among a neighborhood of Catholics, who referred to me as "you people." I don't have a particular desire to hang out with people who refer to me and others in my religion as "you people." Perhaps this question about diversifying should be asked of Christians and Catholics.

You realize that Jews do not have the market cornered on this phenomenon, right. In fact, it has been commented on in th emain stream press that Blonde hair (real, not bleached) will likely become exceedingly rare and almost extinct within a few generations if the marriage trends continue as they are. Does that mean no non-blonde should be allowed to marry a real blonde?

Of course not because that would be labled a racist and elitist policy. So why is it any different for Jews?

Second pont: the Jews decided that only those children born to Jewish WOMEN are hereditarily Jewish. So, change the rule. Then you wont have to worry so much.