--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suggested the Torah because those who study it usually have analytical minds and enjoy > debating the possible meanings etc. From reading her posts here I am only guessing that > she would be a natural at the law, philosophy or Torah study, if they interested her. I am > not anti-Semetic, I am female, and I have many Jewish friends and relatives, altho I am not > Jewish.> ---
Don't be so defensive. Just because one assumes someone is Jewish doesn't automatically make them anti-semitic. I think Judy would concur with this: if she has spent a lifetime having people assume she is Jewish because of her last name (and, in some cases, her first name) doesn't mean this people were anti- semites. Is this correct, Judy, regarding your experience? > > In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Makes about as much sense as your asking Way if he suggested > > > reading > > > > the Torah because her last name was Stein, as that last name can > > > come > > > > from a variety of cultures, not just Jewish. > > > > > > > > > That's why I'm asking because the name CAN be from a variety of > > > cultures. > > > > > > Judy is NOT Jewish (but, as she indicated once on amt is often > > > mistaken as Jewish), so why did the poster suggest the Torah? Why > > > not the New Testament? > > > > Come to think of it, maybe s/he suggested Torah because > > *s/he's* Jewish. > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought: was it because the poster considered Judy to be so > > > detailed and lawyer-like in her posts that he felt it would behoove > > > her to study the very elaborate, very law-like Torah...or...was it > > > because the poster assumed she was Jewish? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sal > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2006, at 12:46 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > > <salsunshine@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > No, because her first name is "Judy." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't get it. Please explain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
