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Totally true Bronwen. The Orthodox don’t even consider me a Jew as although genetically Jewish on both sides, I am completely non practicing. I live near a very observant area and get dirty looks for driving on Sat! They should only see me eating bacon!

 

I have one Jewish friend who enjoys making a ham for Passover.

 

Many jewish folks have trouble keeping a Kosher home these days....& some do & some don't.... but putting a ham on the Seder table......shows a lack of respect and understanding for your culture & tradition.

 

She grew up in a kosher home. She has people in during the holiday, not all of them Jewish, but it is not a formal or even an informal seder. Think she often does brisket as well.

 

if it's just a party...well I guess that's OK.......
but say you were invited to Christmas Eve dinner at an observant Catholic Christian family's home , where they only ate fish on that occasion ......and you brought a large bag of McDonalds Big Macs & fries......would that be OK ?

 

Who'd eat Mickey D's on Christmas Eve? Or for that matter Mickey D's at all? It's not on the same level - the Catholics I know who eat fish on Christmas eve do so from tradition rather than religious observance. Most of them are Italian. We heathen Protestants eat whatever's handy, if we're headed out the door to church. My family's tradition is Chinese takeout.(LOL)

 

not the same level.........but close enough to make a point !!

 

Kind of... but the emotional reaction isn't there. (except for the impulse to cringe away from McDonalds food of course)

 

It would be fine, as long as I didn't try to force or persuade any of them to partake with me. Thought the prohibition was on eating, not just being in the presence of.

Passover will be coming soon enough. Make your reservations now: http://traifny.com/

 

I’m a heathen but I grew up in a very VERY reform home where no dietary laws were practiced and temple services were more about who was wearing what. Totally rejected all as an adult. DH has informed me that his mother made him ham sandwiches on matzo during Pesach.

 

That's just ... odd.(LOL) I'm a Gentile and I can't put ham on matzoh even when it's not Passover. It just feels wrong. OTOH I do buy boxes and we use them for Communion (a monthly memorial service more or less). Then again Jesus was a Jew, so....

 

Treif......for Passover...... OY Vey S'mere....!!!!

Even with most of the Jewishness beaten out of me over the long years.....
That still ruffles my feathers..!

 

I totally understand. That was beyond me too but DH swears it was true. I do nothing which for me is more comfortable than being a twice a year member of a congregation.

There was a time when I was determined to have a minature potbellied pig (it never happened sorry to say) and he/she was to be named Treif!

 

Have to share this story: In the 90s we hired a young man to put in an irrigation system. He asked if he could bring his young son along on a Sat. We said sure and asked his name. He replied, what sounded like CHAME. We replied that was an unusual name. He replied “It’s Hebrew and means life”.

We almost fell over and kindly said we loved his name but he should know that the Hebrew pronunciation was cHi-em...

 

I ran into a young "artistic" couple once, who had a daughter named Noa. I said "Oh cool, I didn't know they used Israeli names in (state)." ...they thought they'd made it up.

 

Many years ago now, was with my mother and several other family members, sitting around my grandfather's kitchen table, taking a break from going through the house in preparation for its sale and Grandpa downsizing to an apartment. He mentioned that they had a new young minister at his Methodist church, who was OK, he guessed. He didn't always understand him. As an example, he handed over a church newsletter and said he had no idea what that was that the minister had put at the end of his letter. The others each looked in turn and shook their head. My mother was starting to hand it back to her dad, so I asked if I could see it. Took a look, asked if none of them had ever seen Fiddler on the Roof. When I pronounced the mystery closing for them, suddenly everyone (except Grandpa) was an expert at L'Chaim!

 

Years ago I went with a friend to a Chinese restaurant on Christmas. The only restaurant open in town, probably! We really appreciated it. Normally I would have traveled a couple of hours to my parents' house. I can't remember why I didn't make it that year.

 

Not a "Christmas Story" style turkey tragedy, I hope!

 

No, I don't think so! Although my parents' house was/is less than 10 miles from Hammond, Indiana, where Jean Shepherd lived as a child.

They still have events to commemorate the movie: https://www.southshorecva.com/achristmasstory/

 

I have friends who go out for Chinese or Thai on Christmas Day; they're Jewish.