• gregorum
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    8 months ago

    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.

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          8 months ago

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

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            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.

            https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4SYc_flMnMQ

            Good for Steven and Stephen, and wish them every happiness.

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        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.