"Jewish Enough" - Jewish Reconnection Project

Can one person be "more Jewish" than another? What makes you a "good Jew"?

Young Jews in New York talk to young Jews in
Jerusalem about issues facing Jews today and what being Jewish means to them.

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[nhsabriel]

cont. final

However, I feel it is vital to find strength in our inclusion of the global Jewish community and to accept our brothers and sisters in their uniqueness. What better way to affirm that sense of purpose and belonging as Jews?

[nhsabriel]

cont. We define ourselves not just by what we are, but in relation to what we are not. So we sometimes try to compete with other members of the Jewish community to strengthen or define our personal definitions of Jewishness. for example 'more Jewish". It gives us a greater appreciation for who we are.

[nhsabriel]

I believe that being Jewish is just as much an issue of cultural identity as it is about religion. I feel that each of us, in some way yearns to belong to something greater. Being part of the Jewish community is part of that.

[jgranad1]

If G-d does not care if we mix meat with milk or fasted on Yom Kippur than why did He give give us the Holy Torah and repeat multiple times in it to follow all the commandments. I am no perfectly observant Jew and I do believe in interpreting the Torah in a way that is relevant today, but I (nor should anyone else) take away from it and say that G-d does not care.

[gandumardi]

I love the last girl from Israel! x

[gandumardi]

What is the difference between being culturally Jewish and ethnically Jewish? My Grandfather is of Jewish descent but there was no religious tradition in my family just the reminder that our Grandfather comes from a Jewish family, can i then say that i am part

jewish, of Jewish descent, secular non practicing?

[FtM4FtM]

Born Jewish but because of what I am Jews want nothing to do with me regardless of me trying to reconnect. Good luck with all this. Jews should not wonder why Jews walk away, we smite our own and banish our own.

[ComJudiaMurcia]

you juxtapose israel with usa jews. i guess its live in a jewish state vs in a mixed state bur what about us..the jews of europe?where r we

[JacksVan3]

Not exactly Jewish but think I could be but I know Im not christian. I feel strongly with the last girl who spoke. God cares about who we turn out to be