The only thing I would use a cross for is to keep away vampires.
Most of my friends just happen to be secular Jews. It started with having a Jewish girlfriend and later renting a room in my my home to a Jewish woman named Linda. Linda was a party animal and always invited me to Jewish singles parties. I always introduced myself as Jim Goyboy. Always got a laugh. I learned a lot of Yiddish at the time, some of which is now forgotten. Do not use it you lose it.
I have only one child. When he was very young I sent him to daycare at the local JCC. He started while still crawling. He was crushed when at the age of 5 he found out he wasn’t Jewish.
Another funny story. I had this guy working for me that invited me to what I heard as a brisket. I love brisket and arrived with a healthy appetite. Turned out it was a Bris. Many jokes about that.
I am not religious at all and unfortunately I’m not comfortable around people who are highly religious no matter what the religion.
I’m still struggling to make the brisket the way grandma did. I found after moving out west the goy version is just as delicious. Never did understand that word. Lol. Thanks, Jim.
I know the whole history of the term. However, before replying I re-looked it up to confirm and was horrified to find out that some white supremacy groups have co-opted the word for themselves to proudly announce they are not Jews.
These damn hate groups are ruining everything. I guess I will not use that joke any longer.
I like brisket much better than pot roast.
Remember that Mrs. Maesel was always able to get Joel a better comedy time using her brisket. In case you never watched the series it was in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maesel.”
Yes, some are relentless jerks. Mrs. Mazel is a treasure. I became fatigued at the end with all the dumb stuff with her parents which wore on me but not my husband. I realized yesterday my gma may have made flanken rather than brisket. She passed when I was 16 and my folks in my 20’s so there’s a lot lost in fifty years. As tough and I mean tough as this is, the gem for me is a resurgence of my fonder memories.
The last season was not well written. That is probably because the show’s last season was cancelled and they rewrote the next to last season to combine some elements.
My girlfriend keeps promising me a brisket--she is Chicago Jewish which to me seems like a totally different tribe from New York Jewish--but still makes a good brisket, at least she did when she last made one for me over 15 years ago.
It occurs to me there may be some fundamentals that are misunderstood. With there being less than eight million Jews in the US AND 300+ million gen pop. My Jewish education was pretty good as a kid although I’m what’s known as a secular Jew now. I’ll cover that too.
What’s happening in the Middle East is surely painful. Propaganda is always helped by people not knowing a subject well and while no expert, I can offer some additional context.
The only thing I would use a cross for is to keep away vampires.
Most of my friends just happen to be secular Jews. It started with having a Jewish girlfriend and later renting a room in my my home to a Jewish woman named Linda. Linda was a party animal and always invited me to Jewish singles parties. I always introduced myself as Jim Goyboy. Always got a laugh. I learned a lot of Yiddish at the time, some of which is now forgotten. Do not use it you lose it.
I have only one child. When he was very young I sent him to daycare at the local JCC. He started while still crawling. He was crushed when at the age of 5 he found out he wasn’t Jewish.
Another funny story. I had this guy working for me that invited me to what I heard as a brisket. I love brisket and arrived with a healthy appetite. Turned out it was a Bris. Many jokes about that.
I am not religious at all and unfortunately I’m not comfortable around people who are highly religious no matter what the religion.
I’m still struggling to make the brisket the way grandma did. I found after moving out west the goy version is just as delicious. Never did understand that word. Lol. Thanks, Jim.
I know the whole history of the term. However, before replying I re-looked it up to confirm and was horrified to find out that some white supremacy groups have co-opted the word for themselves to proudly announce they are not Jews.
These damn hate groups are ruining everything. I guess I will not use that joke any longer.
I like brisket much better than pot roast.
Remember that Mrs. Maesel was always able to get Joel a better comedy time using her brisket. In case you never watched the series it was in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maesel.”
Yes, some are relentless jerks. Mrs. Mazel is a treasure. I became fatigued at the end with all the dumb stuff with her parents which wore on me but not my husband. I realized yesterday my gma may have made flanken rather than brisket. She passed when I was 16 and my folks in my 20’s so there’s a lot lost in fifty years. As tough and I mean tough as this is, the gem for me is a resurgence of my fonder memories.
The last season was not well written. That is probably because the show’s last season was cancelled and they rewrote the next to last season to combine some elements.
My girlfriend keeps promising me a brisket--she is Chicago Jewish which to me seems like a totally different tribe from New York Jewish--but still makes a good brisket, at least she did when she last made one for me over 15 years ago.
Take care and be safe.
Gari, this is really educational and fascinating! Thank you :-)
It occurs to me there may be some fundamentals that are misunderstood. With there being less than eight million Jews in the US AND 300+ million gen pop. My Jewish education was pretty good as a kid although I’m what’s known as a secular Jew now. I’ll cover that too.
What’s happening in the Middle East is surely painful. Propaganda is always helped by people not knowing a subject well and while no expert, I can offer some additional context.