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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a number of women in this area who only hang out with other Jewish women, frown upon Jews who marry non- Jews (even if those marriages are happier than their own), make borderline rude comments to non-Jewish people often - yet, these women do not regularly attend temple. Short version - it's cultural but they hide it behind religion since they aren't even religious! In any other culture they'd be considered racist against those who are different from them and their "circle." Thoughts on that? Have you seen it?[/quote]

But non Jews never make comments. Never call someone a Jew if they're cheap, never criticize people for not putting out Christmas trees.......I'm not saying some Jews aren't assholes, I'm saying some people are assholes and you can't blame religion.[/quote]

This answer doesn't make sense. Are you the OP?

The point is - it's like they get so much "club pride" out of being Jewish, yet they aren't even religious. It's like they've missed the whole point on which their snobbery is based.[/quote]

Not OP here.  It's very interesting to me that you have observed these interactions.  I have to say, I have felt very left out by Christian women.  I feel like Christian women look at me like I am some foreign creature because they know I am Jewish.  I find that Christian women, not all, do the very thing you accuse Jewish women of doing.  One thing to consider, that I have come across, is that some of these friendships that have formed among Jewish women, happened because these women's children attended the same Jewish nursery school.  Tight bonds are formed among parents at nursery schools that continue for a lifetime.  I tend to gravitate towards Jews because they know where I am coming from.  They aren't going to say things to me like, "Wow.  You don't look Jewish." Or "why are Jews so cheap?" Or " You talk like a Jew."  
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This has got to be a DC thing. I am in Chicago and my best friend is Jewish (I am Catholic). Actually, many of my friends are Jewish and while some of them are friends from Hebrew school or JCC summer camp, we all get along the same. Heck, I went to most of their bat and bar mitzvahs, and spent many Passovers and Hanukkahs at their homes. The only time it gets hairy is when my non-Jewish girlfriends date Jewish men, their mothers and sisters freak out.[/quote]

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