“Joel, you talk and think like a Jew but you sure don’t look like one.”
That is awesome! I’m a German Jew - my Great Grandpa and his brother fled Germany post WWI, looking for adventure and a better life. They became Lutherans when they landed in America around 1895. Rebels, LOL! My Grandpa was born here in 1913, my Dad in 1937 and me in 1960.
My Maternal side are prim and proper Englishmen/women who showed up here about the same time. How they got together, I’ll never understand, but, love obviously won that round. ;)
Never in a million years would I have thought of a Chinese person converting to Judaism...or even KNOWING of that religion to begin with!
Wow. Just, WOW! :)
Cool! You are a German Jew because someone on your Father’s improper side became Lutheran when they fled Europe, converting in the name of courage and adventure, Good thing they got out of the doldrums. You are astute, having read the article, to refer the conversion of the Chinese to your faith. An interesting chapter in history!
We have a very old picture of my paternal Grandfather and my great uncles from the 30’s. They were in pinstriped suits with a leg up on the runningboard of grandpa’s 1933 Buick. Even though we’re Jewish, mainly Polish and Lithuanian with some German ancestry they looked like “made men”, like a scene out of the Untouchables ;)