Thursday, October 20, 2011

Anonymous asked: Just how Jewish are you? Culturally, sure, but do you actually still practice/observe?

I celebrate most of the holidays, but I’m definitely not observant in a religious sense. I observed Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (services, dinner, prayers), but I don’t go to services for Shabbat all that frequently, and I use electricity and such. I speak Hebrew. I know the prayers and laws. I grew up religious. So it’s hard to say how “Jewish” I am. It’s kind of like asking, “Right, but how black ARE you?”

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  1. gabydunn reblogged this from 100interviews
  2. jellabyjones said: “Super black.” - A Sharpie
  3. shalewa said: ha! i’m asked “how black are you?” all of the time. (answer: 67%.)
  4. nekotachiikimashou said: I feel like this is something someone not Jewish would ask. I’ve been asked this multiple times my entire life and it was always by goy. I feel like Judaism is not as black and white as people want it to be.
  5. 100interviews posted this
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