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Forgive me, Maria, but my question was aimed at the OP. Why would she be bothered by someone saying they are part Jewish.
If you read my post you will see that I'm not arguing with you, so I don;t know why you have made this comment about my post!
Uh, because I thought you made my point nicely.
I think we are at cross purposes here - I did not comment on your post, and your comment on mine feels somnwhat antagonistic. If I'm misinterpreting it, then I apologise, but that's how it feels to me. I was not making YOUR point - I hadn't even read it - i was making MY point. If we are in agreement, that's fine, but you do come across as a bit aggressive.
Sorry to be aggressive. I just got excited when (it appeared) that someone actually got what I was saying.
My point was that you CAN claim to be part/half of a nationality (Jewish, French, etc) but NOT half of a religion (Judaism, Catholic, etc.)
I'm sorry if that's not what you meant.
Ah right; My point is that you never, ever lose your ethnic origins. The Jewish thing is different in that it can be a race, a religion or both. You don't have to be born Jewish to adopt the Jewish faith - several celebrities in the past have done so. They are Jewish by religion not race. You can shed the Jewish faith - as my father did - but you can never lose that racial aspect of your Jewishness.
I hadn't read any comments on here other than the OP's, which are silly and uneducated.
I am an atheist, but I am still part Jewish because of my ethic roots.
We have a meeting of the minds, Joodith! :)
Yup - nice to know someone agrees with me ;)
We tecently found out that my husband who was adopted had paternal grandparents. They hid their roots when they came to this country from the Pale of Russia at the turn of the 19th century. It was a very bad time to be
Jewish at that point in history. After WWII many people were understandably reluctant to declare their Jewish roots. However he was adopted out to people with Jewish roots. It is a race and a religion.
What intrigues me is that it's now two months since Mariana started this thread butt she hasn't replied to any other posts or comments. And the other thing is - why should anyone else be bothered by someone else's definition of themselves? It's ridiculous.
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Forgive me, Maria, but my question was aimed at the OP. Why would she be bothered by someone saying they are part Jewish.If you read my post you will see that I'm not arguing with you, so I don;t know why you have made this comment about my post!
Uh, because I thought you made my point nicely.
I think we are at cross purposes here - I did not comment on your post, and your comment on mine feels somnwhat antagonistic. If I'm misinterpreting it, then I apologise, but that's how it feels to me. I was not making YOUR point - I hadn't even read it - i was making MY point. If we are in agreement, that's fine, but you do come across as a bit aggressive.
Sorry to be aggressive. I just got excited when (it appeared) that someone actually got what I was saying.My point was that you CAN claim to be part/half of a nationality (Jewish, French, etc) but NOT half of a religion (Judaism, Catholic, etc.)
I'm sorry if that's not what you meant.
Ah right; My point is that you never, ever lose your ethnic origins. The Jewish thing is different in that it can be a race, a religion or both. You don't have to be born Jewish to adopt the Jewish faith - several celebrities in the past have done so. They are Jewish by religion not race. You can shed the Jewish faith - as my father did - but you can never lose that racial aspect of your Jewishness.I hadn't read any comments on here other than the OP's, which are silly and uneducated.
I am an atheist, but I am still part Jewish because of my ethic roots.
We have a meeting of the minds, Joodith! :)
Yup - nice to know someone agrees with me ;)
We tecently found out that my husband who was adopted had paternal grandparents. They hid their roots when they came to this country from the Pale of Russia at the turn of the 19th century. It was a very bad time to be Jewish at that point in history. After WWII many people were understandably reluctant to declare their Jewish roots. However he was adopted out to people with Jewish roots. It is a race and a religion.
What intrigues me is that it's now two months since Mariana started this thread butt she hasn't replied to any other posts or comments. And the other thing is - why should anyone else be bothered by someone else's definition of themselves? It's ridiculous.
My point is that being Baptist, Catholic, athiest - is NOT your family or ancestry, like being Italian or French.
Following the Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, or Jewish RELIGION or not following a religion at all is a choice - last time I checked no one asked me whether or not I chose to be half Italian.