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In Reply to: Re: I had my bar mitzvah in '66... posted by Victor Khomenko on March 25, 2007 at 07:47:25:
If I was once conservative and am now liberal am I not allowed to say so? If I was once a Bears fan and am now a Dolphins fan am I not allowed to say so? If I long hated brussels sprouts and now eat them avidly am I not allowed to say so? I'm just talking about facts, here.The fact is that I became a Unitarian Universalist some years back, although I don't particularly identify with that either. But it's not being a UU that interferes with my "being" Jewish, it's the fact that since around the time of my bar mitzvah I haven't been Jewish in any substantive sense. It was during my bar mitzvah study that I realized I'd *never* felt in alignment with any religion. It was my religious education that made it plain that I wasn't, in any sense, what was described as "Jew" in my studies. At no point in the prep for my ceremony did I feel inside myself that "I am a Jew."
It seems to me that it would be less honest to claim Jewishness than otherwise.
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Follow Ups
- Why is that a horrible thing to say? - EBerlin 08:08:40 03/25/07 (12)
- Re: Why is that a horrible thing to say? - Victor Khomenko 08:23:36 03/25/07 (11)
- There are people who were born in Russia, and who no longer think of themselves as such. What makes Jews different? (nt) - orejones 04:50:53 03/26/07 (2)
- You don't even know how to ask a question right. - Victor Khomenko 05:56:49 03/26/07 (1)
- Sure, dear pretender. Sure... (nt) - orejones 02:25:30 03/27/07 (0)
- A view - dave c 13:31:08 03/25/07 (2)
- I have no concern of Judaism - Victor Khomenko 06:22:11 03/26/07 (1)
- "Jewish" isn't a place - dave c 13:24:57 03/26/07 (0)
- Perhaps any one of us has the right to say... - EBerlin 09:36:14 03/25/07 (0)
- And some would argue you can be an Aryan, too---like it or not!! nt - tinear 08:52:20 03/25/07 (3)
- Well, of course you can, the Nazi do not own the word. - Victor Khomenko 09:11:00 03/25/07 (2)
- That's regional. Their kids who don't live in the region probably - tinear 12:51:53 03/25/07 (1)
- Help you with your confusion - Victor Khomenko 05:59:39 03/26/07 (0)
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