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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 32 points 3 months ago

He’s Jew-ish

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] flathead@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

I'm Brian, and so is my wife.

[-] Duranie@literature.cafe 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] flathead@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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.

[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

Ahhhhh this makes more sense, thanks for clarifying!

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Bingo 👍👌

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