Oddly, not as you might think, my ancestors and yours wouldn’t have interacted (unless my south German ancestors were involved in some army wandering around central Europe and barged into your ancestors). In that way, we may have oppressed you but not according to the script.
Would that include a Jew not being able to go to a religious service in another faith? The reason I ask is this. I know someone who is a Ukrainian Catholic but worships at our local Latin Catholic church. This Ukrainian Catholic lady and I both live in an area of the UK with the second largest Jewish community outside London. The Ukrainian Catholic lady I know’s best friend is a Jewish lady who is a member of a synagogue that identifies itself as being Orthodox. This Jewish lady attends our Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and has to lie to her husband to attend because he forbids it. What I don’t know is if that is because Jews in general would say you should not attend a non-Jewish service or if perhaps it is just him.
Oh, I do so wholeheartedly agree with this! I really wish I could more than just ‘like’’ your post. This attitude that people have of judging things from their own narrow perspective is the source of so many of our present woes.
I think it’s just him! After my confirmation at fifteen, I took a post confirmation class in comparative religion. This is an Orthodox synagogue giving these classes. We went to several different religious services. Now, maybe our synagogue was unusual but I’ve never heard of a teaching that we could not attend another’s faith service. So, maybe this families Rabbi was commanding this or it was just the husband?
I honestly do not know the answer. I know it was an instruction to her from her husband. Whether he made the decision following the instructions or advice of his rabbi I could not say.
I will note that many Orthodox men will behave this way in public. They take Torah law down to the smallest jot and tittle. They will not shake hands due to ritual purity restrictions and they usually have no interest in mingling with the goyim (non Jews). They are the RadTrads of Judaism. And yet his wife is not!
. I wonder if they were matched by a Jewish matchmaker…they still exist…or just a case of opposites attract! How funny. Well, I hope it works for them!Nooooooooooo! One of the things I get on my soapbox about. The next decade starts on the 1st January 2021. There was never a year 0. If you use the calendar most widely used in the world the first year in the current era was 1 AD. This years ending 10. 20, 30. etc. are the tenth and last year of the decade and not the first of another. Decades begin with 01, 21, 31, etc.
I wish we had. We spent an exorbitant sum of money on a single bottle of oh-so-famous champagne. I’ve never drank anything so utterly disgusting. My wallet is still smarting this day.
I would have loved some alcohol. Forbidden in a lab, unfortunately. The cost of having all of us come in on overtime and night shift differential had to be enormous! My wallet liked it, however!
You don’t think consistency helps?
No, but 1-10 AD was a decade.
I just don’t think it really matters as much here.
Right, and 10-19 A.D. was a decade.
Could you please talk less in riddles and just say what you mean?
What, the twenties haven’t started yet?
I think it’s time that we just ignored one another.