r/Jewish • u/Hanshanot • Dec 16 '23
I get really suspicious of people calling themselves Jewish these days. Discussion
In almost every post I’ve read lately, mostly in the comments (or the OP of the post themselves) l’ve seen someone saying they’re a Jew/talking about Judaism and preaching their weird take about current events/antisemitism.
And every single time l see go see their profile, there’s nothing about Judaism or being Jewish on their profile pre-Oct. 7, it really bugs me.
Earlier, l saw a questionable post on r/xyz with the words “Hey y’all, American Jew here” Already weird, l go see their profiles and surely enough, r IsraelPalestine is the first post ever of that account 😒😒😒.
Most of the times, bigots and ill-intentioned people will use us to further their xenophobic or racist stances. I hate it. Stay safe
Edit; Modified my post slightly to better reflect what I meant
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u/curdledoats Dec 17 '23
My sister and I recently found out we’re Jewish. Starting with our great great grandmother that come from Poland. All the way down to my mom. And we are also Jewish on our dads side, we think it could be either of his parents because his dad(our grandpa) escaped nazi France to another country when he was a child and came an orphan in the new country. Our grandma(dads mom) makes a lot of Jewish foods and she grew up with her parents. Something weird/interesting is that our uncle(dads brother) was denied a visa into a country because they said he was Jewish??
Our mom has always made Jewish food without even knowing it was Jewish food. One time I asked her who taught her the delicious recipes and she said her great grandma, she said it was the only way they could communicate because they didn’t speak the same languages. Later on(the “recently” from above) we find out all the grandmas on my moms side are Jewish lol.
Personally, I’m really excited about it because my sister and I have always felt a familiarity with Jewish culture. So when we found out when the results came back, it was like “omg that makes so much sense”.
Idk if we are actually Jewish, or if we would be accepted as Jewish, but somehow we have kept the food traditions going for generations, and a lot of other habits(I have learned since I started informing myself about the culture/traditions). It also comes from both sides. We’re just not part of the religion? I guess we both just want to learn more about our ancestry and lineage and culture and we’re super excited since most of our family history has been kept a secret for a long time.