tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post3890956805326759158..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: On The Perils Of Wearing a Maccabees ShirtChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-7129197324916543892008-01-15T08:32:00.000-05:002008-01-15T08:32:00.000-05:00I swear I wanted to say "Jew Power!" Perhaps what ...<I> I swear I wanted to say "Jew Power!" </I><BR/><BR/>Perhaps what he was trying to say was <I>“Hey--I’m Jewish, too.” What he really intended by “Um … uh … Shalom,” was: “I embrace you, my brother, member of my tribe from a faraway place. We share something tremendous and indescribable, something ancient and exalted, something wonderful and mysterious. We were soldered together, you and I, by the fires of hell on earth, and our bonds are since unsunderable. I’m glad you are in the world, and it gives me strength and pleasure to see you. Here: Have some genuine affection.” "</I><BR/><BR/>:-)Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-23673041722296905992008-01-09T00:12:00.000-05:002008-01-09T00:12:00.000-05:00public signs of judaism are strange, in high schoo...public signs of judaism are strange, in high school i was on the debate team and we were in a public school and i was getting more stairs for my kippah, which was about 10 inches of cloth on the top of my head then the opposing team of sikhs with their 10 feet of cloth turbans. who knew kippahs were so interesting?Chai18https://www.blogger.com/profile/01599187318869635046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-781857598525298302008-01-08T20:27:00.000-05:002008-01-08T20:27:00.000-05:00I didn't notice that u are going by putting your o...I didn't notice that u are going by putting your own flip flop (by the way that is not flip flop, it is flat round hot pink shoes with black laces on it.) I notice that u are leaving because ur hair is so beautiful (bc u just blown your hair) and wearing long beautiful earring so therefore i asked you where are u going?<BR/><BR/>Yah!! I heard this story before u blog to the entire world. I feel so special!!! That is huge bonus to be roommate with famous Chana.Stubborn and Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343902285678273948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-31867724827647194272008-01-08T18:51:00.000-05:002008-01-08T18:51:00.000-05:00I was going to say more or less what ms said. Wea...I was going to say more or less what ms said. Wearing a kippa, all kinds of things have happened to me from the expected (antisemtic abuse, Christian and Muslim missionaries) to the more bizarre e.g. a Sikh gentleman came up to me in a shop and asked me to explain kashrut, and last year someone with a thick Eastern European accent and very little English stopped me in the street and asked me to explain what Judaism is and how it differs from Chrisitianity. You try explaining Judaism "on one leg" to someone who barely speaks the same language as you, standing outside in the cold when you are hurrying home for Shabbat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-59351484016219904532008-01-08T18:23:00.000-05:002008-01-08T18:23:00.000-05:00Girls tend to have it easier than boys, I think; w...Girls tend to have it easier than boys, I think; we don't have the kippas to give us away. My brother once spent an entire subway ride being verbally abused (no, not just proselytized) by a missionary. He was only about six at the time.<BR/><BR/>But the nice stories make up for a lot of it :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com