r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Jul 17 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/Silly_Venus8136 Non-Jewish Ally Jul 17 '24

Are there any distinct practices Jewish practices done in your country/country of origin not done anywhere else?

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Jewish Jul 17 '24

American Jews get chinese food on sundays and christmas. Also a lot of jewish deli items are pretty unique to American Jews. Bagels and Lox, Corned Beef, pastrami, etc.

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u/Silly_Venus8136 Non-Jewish Ally Jul 17 '24

Oh wow didn't know that. Also getting Chinese food that's pretty interesting! Thank you for sharing. Do you eat some of those on Shabbat or Jewish festivals as well?

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Jewish Jul 17 '24

Not usually on shabbat or other holidays except bagels and lox are very common on yom kippur. Also the story of Chinese food as a jewish cultural practice is actually very interesting, i wrote a paper on it a bit ago.

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u/Eliazar_Kaganovich Religious Anti-Zionist Communist Jul 19 '24

I have nothing meaningful to add to the conversation except the tradition of Chinese food on Christmas has been one of my favorites these last few years, and I'm thrilled plenty others of us still do it.

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u/Silly_Venus8136 Non-Jewish Ally Jul 17 '24

Oh very nice thank you for telling!