Are you ASHKENAZI?

[TZ]

I figure my peeps need to get in on this..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews

[Deep13]

1. I doubt it unless my German great grandfather was Jewish.

Since he was never married to my great grandmother, I don't know much about him.

[TZ]

2. Sometimes I wish I knew who voted what..

I'd love to know who voted option number 3...:rofl:

[Lyric]

3. Yep, one-half.

At least, biologically. My Grandma was Jewish, which made my Dad Jewish too, at least by blood. I, however, am not.

My ex (LyricKid's Dad) was fully Jewish, though. It's funny, in a way--because of the matrilineal descent thing, LyricKid is 3/4 Jewish by blood, but still not considered truly Jewish (at least not unless we all decide to convert and join a Reform temple.)

I've actually thought about doing precisely that, even to the point of talking to a local rabbi about it, for the sake of getting to know that part of my ancestry and letting LyricKid get to know *his*. I explained that I wasn't sure if God existed, to which the rabbi replied, "Well, so long as you aren't worshiping any OTHER Gods, I think you'd be alright."

:rofl:

[TZ]

4. .

"Well, so long as you aren't worshiping any OTHER Gods, I think you'd be alright." :rofl:
Definitely was a reformed Rabbi...alot of them have great senses of humor....

[lightningandsnow]

5. Uh huh.

Full-blooded. I'm Polish, Hungarian and Czech. :)

[CreekDog]

6. I went to a club called "Ashenaz" in Berkeley once

hours of that circle dancing thing. i swear not only were my feet tired, but so were my and i was dizzy too. :crazy:

what was the question?

[TZ]

8. Hava Negila!

Well at least no one got carried around in a chair right?:P

[CreekDog]

9. i don't remember

i do remember that every song sounded the same. :eyes: :boring:

and every dance was basically the same.

the good thing is that if you got tired all you had to do was hold on. :evilgrin:

i'm reminded of something Mike Nelson once said on MST3K:

"no matter where you are, folk dancing is always stupid." :think: :rofl:

[seemunkee]

7. My wife is

and my kids

[ThomCat]

10. My mom's family is.

[no name no slogan]

11. Quite possibly, but only a tiny fraction

I have a cousin who says we had a Jewish ancestor from waaaay back-- probably originally from Slovakia in the early 1800s, but we don't know for sure. I'm probably only 1/16 if I am, and on my father's side, so technically speaking I'm not Jewish.

[TZ]

12. probably true.

I hear that alot of people are doing these DNA heritage tests and alot of people are finding out that they have this background. Apparantly Stephen Colbert is one such..:)

[Taverner]

13. Mom's family is, even though they converted to Catholicism along the way

[foxfeet]

14. Maybe very distantly.

My Jewish friends have commented more than once on my middle name (which is my mom's maiden name--it's a Southern thing) because it sounds as if it could have been anglicized from the German version of a not-uncommon Jewish surname.