Any  Jews or Israelis in the house?  Any Israelis out there?
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A huge percentage of Israeli Jews are overwhelmingly secular, not kosher or religious at all. So, who are you going to visit? If it is a religious family, ok you need to dress conservatively. Jerusalem is a more conservative city. Tel Aviv is like NY. \n\nIsraelis are very open with their feelings, and they are used to openly discussing differences, so you don't need to by shy to ask your hosts: say, hey, how religious are you guys. They'll be happy to tell you. \n\nGap is OK here, but they tend more towards say Diesel. The local version of Gap I guess would be Castro. You can look at their clothing line at http://castro.co.il/ to get an idea of what the average Jill is wearing. \n\nThey like American Labels on their clothes just fine, don't worry. There is plenty of shopping here, plenty, and at any price level.\n\nFood is very easy here, cheap and very good. Simple fresh ingredients, lots of vegetarian stuff, and plenty of meat too. Things like hamburgers are not very good here except at a few places, but things like skewers are great. Schwarma looks really good, but depending on how picky you are--i find it's usually too dry, and israeli's tend to like their sandwiches too sloppy with a lot of pickled cabbage and sauces, and this and that, with chips for good measure, so it can all end up tasting the same. You tell the guy what you want, so you have control, but they go fast and the average taste here is for a big mess in a pita, so be more insistent if that's not what you want. \n\nThere is not very much Yiddishy European Jewish food here. No "deli", no pastrami, not much gefilte fish, etc. What they have a ton of is hummus, felafel, foule, jachnun, bourekas, sabikh, shakshouka... Simple "chopped" salads of cucumbers and tomatos are fantastic, grilled cheese toast is good, and once you eat the hummus and felafel here you'll never eat it outside israel again, it is so much better. \n\nThe pita is "eh" for me here, too fluffy. Lots of bagels around, but most not that good. \n\nYou like cafes? you are coming to the right place. They are everywhere, and no starbucks either. Coffee here is all espresso, and it's better than most of france and italy.\n\nPeople here can seem a little grumpy on the surface, there is a lot of complaining and people will cut in front of you everywhere. You just have to go along with it, join in the fun, and cut right back. People are very warm and friendly on the inside, it's sort of like they cut because they don't notice you and they assume that if they don't somebody else will. But ask for help and two minutes later they are your best friend. The next day they'll remember you, and your name too. It's almost like squabbling brothers and sisters, they never seem to get along, but there is no doubt they love each other. That's sort of how this whole country operates.\n\nI was talking to a French guy today who went to order a telephone and at the phone company they started arguing with him: "what do you want a phone for, you don't need a phone, you have a cellphone" Or, I watched a tow truck tow away a car parked in a wheelchair spot, but there was another car waiting patiently to park there illegally as soon as they were gone. If you take a prescription to the pharmacist, they discuss it with you, and they might even disagree with the doctor and refuse to fill it. And this is all in front of everybody else waiting, and don't be surprised if they chime in. It's just that sort of place, people are in your business and everybody likes it that way.\n\nBelieve me, the only way you'll stick out is if you are too quiet.
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EXCELLENT POINT!!!\n\nJewish tribes used to inhabit the whole of Saudi Arabia until the ethnic cleansing of the Islamists. Clearly Jews have a claim to the land they were wrongfully stripped and murdered of.\n\nAh yes, but the savage Islamists still scream tha JewJewJewJewrusalem is theirs. Isnt it amazing.
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Yes, I celebrate the eight traditional sabbats; or did while My Steve, my high priest, was alive.  Now I mostly note that they have come (he died just before Yule), and remember what we would have done in our rituals.\n\nI also celebrate the Christian holidays because my friends and neighbors include me in their celebrations, and I notice the Jewish holidays because Steve's mother and sister are Jews.  He was too, genetically, but he always said I liked Jews better than he did!\n\nPersonally, I say any excuse for a party!
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There are lots of Jewish temples being redone.  In my town, there is one that was torn down and is being rebuilt into a multi-million dollar complex.  I am newly reborn and am just learning about the things of the Bibble, however, if you are referring to that.  Amen and Praise our Lord Jesus ;).
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Hmm, I wonder... Do 99% of the Jews think of YOU AND YOUR RACE the same way?\n\nOr, are you simply an IGNORANT fellow? Or, are you full of ENVY?? Which is it???\n\nPeace be with you!
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You are not Jewish, as you were raised a Christian, unless you renounce your Christianity and formally convert to Judaism. So, when asked if you are Jewish, the correct answer is, 'No, but my father is.'
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You didn't say anything about whether your mother is Jewish.  The general rule of thumb is "if your mother is Jewish then you are Jewish."  \n\nThe Messianic Movement contains both Jews and Gentiles.  You might be practicing Messianic Judaism as a Messianic Gentile.  The question always comes up that if a pagan Gentile goes to a Messianic Jewish congregation and "converts" from Paganism to Messianic Judaism, has he "converted" in the same sense as if he went to an Orthodox Jewish congregation and "converted"?  Most Messianic leaders would say no, Gentiles stay Gentiles.\n\nThat is why the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America only permits Gentiles to be associate members rather than full members. You will find this sort of racism discussed in greater detail at this site:\nhttp://www.anti-racism.supanet.com/idx/m_idx.htm\n\nSince you can't remember all of the festivals off the top of your head (or even spell them correctly) your claims of observance leave much to be desired.  And generally the Messianic Community never says "Jesus".  So, that is pretty much 3 strikes and you're out.\n\nI would suggest you go back and and study much more intensely. Putting on the trappings and decorating your house is all very well and good.  Obviously it is preferable that you NOT be one of the anti-semitic drones that are all too common today.  So study more and make sure that you actually "own" the belief system which you are expousing.  It isn't yours until you can give to someone else.\n\nYes, you can have Jewish children if you marry a Jewish woman. Or you could convert.  However, the vast majority of rabbis who perform conversions would require you to renounce Jesus as a condition of coversion.  (Though I am aware of a few who do not require this.) So presumably that is not a path that you would ever want to take.
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martian645, God was not spelled out as those who are Jewish show respect for the Almighty by not spelling out His name fully.  As for the question at hand, gratvol, you are Jewish, are you not?  You are of God's chosen people.  I'm pretty sure your prayers are heard and you will be forgiven for whatever sins you may have.
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The Jewish vote in the US.
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My son might be interested. He recently returned from Hebrew U. in Jerusalem where he studied OT Hebrew....email me and i will get you his email address.....
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wow so sad.\n\nI grew up in as a Reform Jew. I left when I was 17 because I did not find it to be authentic Judaism. My heart crys when I read the other answers. I have yet to meet a Orthodox Jew that dose not truly care about his Reform brethren. They might disagree what is Judaism but they truly care about every Jew. \n\nfor the life of me I dont where the that idea came from. I am actually having trouble finish this because it really bothers me that Jews would actually think that other Jews would look down on them just because how they practice their faith. \n\n-I have to stop this or I will cry
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i bet its jewish r u askin cuz of elliot yamin on american idol? plz e-mail me and anser back!\ndurvillian@yahoo.com
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Honestly, in my mind Israel is connected with Christianity and a couple of nice people whom I know from there, also of course rumors of the funny little greediness u have and a really special way to make business :)
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What's so ironic, that there can be a gay jew or that jews can by ignorant homophobes just like the rest of people?\n\nJewish people are quite adept at reverse discrimination.  Don't believe me?  Try and marry one!\n\nIncidentally, Orthodox Jews are kind of ****.  They don't really get along with the rest of Jews in Israel or outside of Israel anyway.  Not so dissimilar from America's religious right.
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I was raised as a Christian for safety reasons, but when my family moved to Florida we openly practiced Judaism again. \n\nI have no love for my fellow "Jews," most of whom have are converts, or are of mixed descent. The communities in Florida such as the Chabad on the Space Coast, and Temple Israel which is a reformed synagogue farther inland were as welcoming as a hornets nest. \n\nMy family and I tried to fit into their way of thinking, but they never accepted us.\n\nWe are Jews by birthright, and my family's lineage is pure on both my paternal and maternal sides. Unfortunately we weren't accepted by the Chabad because our birthright was not purchased, and the Reformed temple wouldn't accept us because most of the congregation had Nazi blood and was run by the daughter of a high level Nazi official. \n\nThere are very few left today are can truly be called Jews (despite what you may believe it is a birthright NOT a religion, and it takes ten generations/100 years before a convert's family/descendents are considered Jews). Unfortunately those that remain are well hidden and very far between.\n\nI don't believe that this generation's "Jew Haters" actually know who they hate. Their anger is simply directed at the group most obvious to them, and this is often their own people who have simply forgotten their past. \n\nFrom what I have seen, it is not the Nazis, or even the KKK and other such radical groups that cause most of the problems. It is the tightly-nit and inbred communities currently posing as Jews that create the hostility. They are unwilling to accept those who are not raised with their mindset, and while refusing to allow acceptance, try to force people to stay. \n\nMy family left Florida because we were not accepted by the Local "Jewish communities," they closed off the jobs, and it was near impossible to find work. Now that we have left they are the biggest problem. We are still alive and safe, but it is only by Hashem's hand and his alone that we survived the trip. \n\nI am sorry if I have offended anyone, but Nazis and other such groups are no longer the greatest threat to "True Jews", they are only the most publicized. It is the communities of Nazi-Jew descendents, Lilith worshipping converts, and mumzirm who pose as Jews that have become the true Jew haters. They are also the reason I have little respect for other "Jews" and no concern about the welfare of such people.
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You know, you have a lot of balls asking this question, unless you are a girl, then you have a lot of something else.\n\nIt is by no means a coincidence that these men are of Jewish decent, and what you heard IS right, not only is the US political economy controlled by the Jewish community, so is our foreign policy.\n\nNow, before everybody explodes and starts calling me a fascist Jew basher, I am absolutely NOT. Read my previous posts and you will see that I prefer to bash Christians.\n\nAnyway, in our political system it (unfortunately) has become normal for those in charge of the financial market (meaning those with hugely big bucks) to control policy by financing politicians' campaigns in return for favorable votes on certain issues. The money just happens to be in the hands of the Jews. If it were, say, the Mormons who had all the Big Money, then THEY would be getting their way.\n\nBut the past few generations have been conditioned to feel so much pity for the Jews because of Hitler's regime, (and for the most part, rightly so), it has become horribly politically IN-correct to even slightly criticize anything Jewish.\n\nOne good example of what I am talking about is Israel. WHY in the WORLD is our government so insanely preoccupied with a dry, barren country that has absolutely nothing to add to our economy? It can't be "because it is the right thing to do." In that case we should be doing the "right thing" in Africa and stopping the genocide there. I personally believe that our politicians are being put under pressure to maintain a pro-Israel foreign policy just to please the Jews who bought their office for them.\n\nP.S. They do breed some REALLY COOL Koi's in Israel. For those of you who dont know what Koi are, look it up, they are beautiful fish.\n\nP.P.S. I KNOW that Koi originate from Japan. But they are also bred in Israel.
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well I learn something every day, when I got married I didn't know any jews so didn't invite any to the festivities, but I suppose as Saturday is the sabbath, it could come into conflict with turning up at a church when they should be at the synagoge.  Now I do know a few jews and will ask them why not.  They are an honest crowd and will give me a truthful answer.................