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submitted 8 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 40 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

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 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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 8 months ago

He’s Jew-ish

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm Brian, and so is my wife.

[–] Duranie@literature.cafe 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] flathead@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 8 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 8 months ago

Ahhhhh this makes more sense, thanks for clarifying!

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Bingo 👍👌