Well, I do think Jews are family, I hope I wasn't too forward.
And for the record, my family is extremely mixed in looks. Which I can actually show you.
My goddaughter is purebred Ashkenazi, with the curly hair, but no hooked nose. My nephew Nate is dark and Mediterian like his Mizrachi (Morrocan-Israeli) mother and his sister Lily, looks like my Austrian mother and is blond, with my dad's Polish dark eyes. I'm brown haired with curly hair, but bright blue eyes, and an Irish nose. My other nephew is half Teymani. My friend's son is half African American and half Eastern Europeon Jewish and he has features from both sides of his family.
The "stereotype" Jew doesn't exist, even among Eastern Europeon Jews. We have Jews from the pale of the settlement who were actually red and blond haired and light skinned. We had Jews who were from more urban areas who had some Mediterranean blood and had olive skin, like my dad's family. Rebecca looks Jewish to me, because she is Jewish. She's my "cousin" and that's enough.
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Date: 2009-12-14 05:59 am (UTC)And for the record, my family is extremely mixed in looks. Which I can actually show you.
My goddaughter is purebred Ashkenazi, with the curly hair, but no hooked nose. My nephew Nate is dark and Mediterian like his Mizrachi (Morrocan-Israeli) mother and his sister Lily, looks like my Austrian mother and is blond, with my dad's Polish dark eyes. I'm brown haired with curly hair, but bright blue eyes, and an Irish nose. My other nephew is half Teymani. My friend's son is half African American and half Eastern Europeon Jewish and he has features from both sides of his family.
The "stereotype" Jew doesn't exist, even among Eastern Europeon Jews. We have Jews from the pale of the settlement who were actually red and blond haired and light skinned. We had Jews who were from more urban areas who had some Mediterranean blood and had olive skin, like my dad's family. Rebecca looks Jewish to me, because she is Jewish. She's my "cousin" and that's enough.