Daily Podcasts Video Research

What It's Like Being Jewish, What Jews Are Really Like

JL;DR SUMMARY The article reflects on the editor of JEWDICIOUS's experiences of being Jewish, noting the dichotomy between Jews' welcoming nature and how they are perceived by outsiders. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

StorytellingJewish IdentityCommunityInclusivityUnderstandingInterfaithHospitalityAchievementMisperception

Places mentioned

Arizona, United States
"Last year, a newer friend of mine in Arizona invited my mother and me to spend Passover with his family."
Skokie, Illinois, United States
"The only time in my life that I felt welcomed into a neighborhood was when we moved into a largely Orthodox neighborhood in Skokie, Illinois."
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
"When I was an 18-year-old freshman at Indiana University, the star quarterback for the Hoosiers lived two doors down in my dorm."
This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 37422
Cairo Source ID 50
Retrieved 2024-12-01 05:30:46 UTC
Curated 2024-12-01 08:31:16 UTC