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Name: Gemma Location: Manchester Jewish Affiliation(eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Orthodox!! Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi! Kosher?: For sure. Smoked salmon or chopped liver: None Bisli, bamba, challah, chicken soup, latkes, falafel... Pesach or Shauvot: Tricky..Pesach Channukah or Purim: Chanukah The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jewish Telegraph. Keep Shabbat: Indeed Youth Group, if any: Bnei Akiva Education: A2 levels. Future Plans: Hopefully to go to Sem in Israel for my gap year and then off to uni!
Name:Simon (better known as Fish) Location: Birmingham, UK Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Would be Orthodox if I was Jewish, but agnostic and probably not that religious. With those kind of views I'd never be allowed to become a Jew lol. Ashkenazi or Sephardi: N/A. Out of interest, how do people know which they are? Kosher?: I don't think a religious person would ever touch me. Not that religious people touch anyone... Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Smoked salmon. Liver? Eww! Pesach or Shauvot: Oh come on... lol. Is this for Jewish people or something? Channukah or Purim: I've heard Purim involves getting drunk, and that Channukah is more marketed as being for kids to tie in with Christmas. So Chanukah. Nah, Purim. The Jewish Chronicle or The Jewish News: JT
Name:Jak Location: Just outside London Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Liberal Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi Kosher?: Sort of Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Chopped liver! Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach Channukah or Purim: Channukah. Cannot stand Purim lol The Jewish Chronicle or The Jewish News: The JC
Name:Helen Location: Manchester Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Orthodox Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkephardi!i go to an ashkenazi synagogue more than a sephardi one, bt im technically sephardi Kosher?: pretty much Smoked salmon or chopped liver: neither Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach (this year i actually LIKED matzah!:O) Channukah or Purim: Hmmm...both? The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jewish Telegraph. all the way Keep Shabbat: not really... Youth Group, if any: AJ6 Education: almost finished my a levels
Name:Krisko Location: Paris Jewish Affiliation : Open to all Religions (born Hindu) Ashkenazi or Sephardi: None Kosher?: Kosher Indian Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Matzahs, Felafel, Israeli crips. Pesach or Shauvot: Like all festivals. Channukah or Purim: Like all festivals. They are days of celebration can’t miss them. The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jewish Telegraph. Keep Shabbat: Occasionally possible during festival time or once in a month for sure. Youth Group, if any: Searching for one. Good question Education: Masters in IT and Management. Future Plans: Like to explore Israel as much as possible.
Name - Ben Location - Sheffield (I am one of about 20 Jew teens!) Affiliation - Orthodox - If you want somnething done right, you have to do it properly Race - Askenazie - Pure and inbred. BTW did anyone read the article in this weeks economist? Kosher? At home only for meat. Smoked Salmon or Chopped liver - Chopped Liver with pickles and crackers Pesach or Shavout - Shavout - hate not eating cereal or bread. Chanuka or Purim - Chanuka Jewish Cronicle - can't get anything else Keep Shabbat - Not really Youth Group - FZY - Kesher, Israel and Europe Education - Finished A Levels
Name:Deb Location: Argentina Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc):Liberal Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Mixed (mother: Ashkenazi and father: Sephardi) Kosher?: Vegetarian (sometimes it makes me kosher...) Smoked salmon or chopped liver: None, I'm a vegetarian: falafel Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach because it has more philosophical meaning Channukah or Purim: Purim is more fun The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: neither Keep Shabbat:No. Sometimes we do Shabbat dinner, but cutting electricity is too much... Youth Group, if any: Intellectual Club, Hillel Argentina Education: Lawyer Future Plans: starting an LLM in September at LSE.
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Name:Gennady Location: New York City Jewish Affiliation(eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Nonreligious Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi Kosher?: Nope Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Anything that walks on 2 or more legs. Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach (more days off from school ) Channukah or Purim: Channukah (same reason as above) The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jerusalem Post Keep Shabbat: Nope. Youth Group, if any: None right now. Education: starting Masters in International Relations. Future Plans: Get a real job.
Name:Anthony Location: London, UK Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Belong to an Orthodox shul, Liberal personally tho. Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi. Kosher?: I don't eat pork, other than that no. Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Can I have chicken soup?? Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach, I never really observe Shavuot. Channukah or Purim: Channukah, mmm doughnuts... The Jewish Chronicle or The Jewish News: Don't like either, horribly biased!
Name:Jonathan Location: London Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Orthodox Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Sephardi Kosher?: I try! Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Both! But not together, that's not allowed Pesach or Shauvot: Shavuot! (what lunatic would pick matzah over cheesecake?) Channukah or Purim: Chanukah The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jerusalem Post! Keep Shabbat: Nope Youth Group, if any: ex-JYSG, ex-Maccabi, ex-JLGB, ex-BBYO Education: Law at Nottingham Uni
Name - Elliot Location - London Affiliation - Orthodox - If you want somnething done right, you have to do it properly Race - Sephardi thru and thru Kosher? Yup Smoked Salmon or Chopped liver - Smoked Salmon all the way! Pesach or Shavout - Pesach, yummy matzah Chanuka or Purim - Purim The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Both Keep Shabbat - Kinda Youth Group - Not affiliated (gone through habonim, BA and FZY) Education - A Levels (Human Bio, RS, and Ivrit)
Name: Victor Feinstein Location: London, Twickenham Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Liberal Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi Kosher?: Nah Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Absolutely love both Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach Channukah or Purim: Channukah The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jewish Chronicle Keep Shabbat: Most of the time Youth Group, if any: LJY Netzer Education: A levels Future Plans: Maybe go to Israel for a gap year after Uni
Name: Zafar (Socrates) Location: Londin, UK Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): None Ashkenazi or Sephardi: N/A. Kosher?: I eat halaal since my family are Muslims, which is similiar I understand... Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Smoked salmon. Pesach or Shauvot: N/A Channukah or Purim: N/A The Jewish Chronicle or The Jewish News: JC
Name: Carl Location: Bordeaux, France Jewish Affiliation: Bizmarck, Gems, Helzerel...I'm guilty by association oh and Jesus was a Jew too, can't forget him! Ashkenazi or Sephardi: ummmm Kosher?: no way! Smoked salmon or chopped liver: whatever your mum cooks up Gem Pesach or Shauvot: still not decided. Channukah or Purim: Hannukah! The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: The Independent Keep Shabbat: If by Shabbat you mean turning all the lights off, then no Youth Group, if any: Youth Group are a great band Education: Currently double undergrad degree at Sciences Po Bordeaux/Cardiff University Future Plans: Work abroad and preferably within the diplomatic corps.
Name: Tom Location: Cambridge / Oxford Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Jewish by blood, Athiest by practise Ashkenazi or Sephardi: ..............yes? Kosher?: Bacon Sandwich with a glass of milk Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Smoked Salmon Pesach or Shauvot: ............fifteen? Channukah or Purim: Christmas..... The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: BBC news website Keep Shabbat: Nope. Education: PPE Oxford Future Plans: Muscian or something ... maybe a teacher
Name: Aditya Balachander Nickname: Tex/Texas(I lived in Texas for a eight years, so my mates in Uni redubbed me) Location: Houston/ University of Sheffield Jewish Affiliation: None, Hindu Askenazi or Sephardi: Think of me as avMizraim Kosher: Surprisingly, yes. I usually wind up inadvertenly keeping various degrees of Kosher due to my dietary preference. Smoked Salmon or chopped liver: Smoked Salmon (only old people like chopped liver, its easy on their dentures) Pesach or Shauvot: Close one, but have to say Pesach Channukah or Purim: Channukah Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Jewish C, yea baby. Keep Shabbat: inadvertently, yes. Education: LLB in European, International and Comparative Law, University of Sheffield Future Plans: LLM, or take the BVC.
Name: Jonathan Silver Nickname: Anything you can think of. I'm pretty much universally Jonny but I may grow out of that soon. Location: Bedford Jewish Affiliation: the observant end of Liberal Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi. You want I should answer honestly, nu? Kosher: yeah. I wait an hour after fleishiks before my cup of tea and all my meat's kosher, but I only have one set of (chametzdik) dishes and stuff. Smoked Salmon or chopped liver: Chopped liver, preferably cooked gently and moist with egg and onion Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach, if only for the Nirtzah bit of the seder... oh, and being able to spread avocado on matzo. Channukah or Purim: I get a headache on Purim so Chanukah. (I just burn my fingers then.) Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: JC, although my mum's stopped getting it because apparently I don't read it! I do! Keep Shabbat: by my standards, yeah Education: Doing A levels and hoping to study Biomedical Engineering in London in October. Future Plans: Biomedical R&D engineer or concert violinist or surgeon or something...
Name: ~nat~ Nickname: er..... nat? Location: Manchester Jewish Affiliation: shamefully unobservant (i.e. born Orthodox, but not it in practise!) Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi all the way! Kosher: no well, in my house I kind of eat kosher, do the milk and meat thing, etc. Plus I've rekindled my love for kichels (I think that's how you spell it!) Smoked Salmon or chopped liver: Smoked salmon - actually, I've just had a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel, how Jewish can you get?! Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach - it's a lovely family festival, plus the only time of year when I'm truly kosher! Channukah or Purim: Chanukah - my favourite festival. Ever. Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: JT, although both are just awfully biased/pompous so in truth neither.... Keep Shabbat: nah Education: Doing A levels at the moment. Future Plans: Haven't a clue - uni from next year, then who knows?
Name:Aaron Location: London Jewish affiliation: Secular Ashkenazi or Sefardi: Mixed Kosher?:Not Kosher Smoked Salmon or chopped liver: Liver! Pesach or Shauvot:Pesach - its so nice Channukah or Purim: Channukah - gifties Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: JC Keep Shabbat: dont keep shabbat Future Plans: A levels then university (but not a really Jewishy one - sorry)
Name - Aron Location - London Affiliation - born orthodox now secular Race - Ashkenazi Kosher? not really Smoked Salmon or Chopped liver - Liver all the way! Pesach or Shavout - Pesach Chanuka or Purim - Chanuka Jewish Cronicle or Jewish Telegraph- never heard of the telegraph Keep Shabbat - no Education - final year of school A2s
Name:Ross Location: London Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): i'm orthodox in the sense i'm registered to an orthodox synagogue, but i don't observe the religion that closely. whilst i'm very proud to be jewish i have some issues with the religion in terms of not agreeing with certain rules and laws and much of it seeming to dated. Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi Kosher?: at home for meat, and i dont eat pork or shellfish. Smoked salmon or chopped liver: don't really like either give me a shwarma anyday! Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach Channukah or Purim: Channukah The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: has to be the JC!!!! Keep Shabbat: nope Youth Group, if any: i was the chairman of the jewish society at my school and we had an affiliation with aj6. B]Education: HOPEFULLY A2 levels haha! find out on thursday, then to oxford brookes if i get the grades
Name:Prince Paul Location: Right here, right now. Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Liberal!! Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Does the ashkenazi come with fries? .... And the shepherd? Kosher?: Im totally legit. Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Big Mac. Pesach or Shauvot: Pesach. It lasts longer. Channukah or Purim: You're making these words up now... The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Daily Mail. Keep Shabbat: No, I share. Im generous. Youth Group, if any: Young Offenders Institute. Education: Experience. Future Plans: Im banking on winning the lottery.
Name:Rashid Location: Sri Lanka Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): Err... I'm muslim Ashkenazi or Sephardi: I like to eat mutton, not the bloody shephards! Where'd you people come from? Kosher?: Halaal first, kosher second Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Gemma Pesach or Shauvot: Eid-ul-Fitr Channukah or Purim: Biltong... The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Lebanon Wire Keep Shabbat: No, i would like to have a free day though! Youth Group, if any: N/A (The Al-Qaeda juniors club ) Education: ...dum de dum... Future Plans: Finish and qualify as a lawyer and management accountant and move to Saudi Arabia
Name:Yasmine Location: North London Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc):Orthodox Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Full on Safi Kosher?: Yup Smoked salmon or chopped liver: Neither I don't do fish.. Pesach or Shauvot: Shavuot.. but only because of the cheesecake... mmm Channukah or Purim: Purim, such jokes The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: JC Keep Shabbat: Yup Youth Group, if any: Been to a few.. JYSG, Bnei Akiva and FZY Education: Just finished A levels at Hasmonean Future Plans: Going to sem next year, then onto Uni to do business management.. Then get married and have lots of babies
Name: Milly/Mili (whichever one you like). Location: Bedford in holidays, boarding school in term time. Jewish Affiliation (eg. Reform, Liberal etc): No particular affiliation (family not observant). Somewhere in the middle. Ashkenazi or Sephardi: Ashkenazi. Kosher?: Yep, completely. Smoked salmon or chopped liver: I'm also vegetarian. Pesach or Shauvot: Shavuot for the cheesecake, Pesach for everything else. Channukah or Purim: Channukah. The Jewish Chronicle or Jewish Telegraph: Neither, but I do read Haaretz online every day. Keep Shabbat: Yep. Not as well as I'd like to though. Youth Group, if any: None. Education: Starting 6th form in September. Future Plans: Get some A levels, gap year, then either Music or Politics (IR maybe) at uni.
I'm not jewish but my dad is. I really should find something out about it sometime given that its part of my heritage. Does anyone know of some good, non fanatical websites?
I'm not jewish but my dad is. I really should find something out about it sometime given that its part of my heritage. Does anyone know of some good, non fanatical websites?
You're half-Jewish! I'm sure Gem would let you join...
A website I go on when she starts talking about Jewish things I don't know about is http://www.jewfaq.org