hillel will not supply you with cheeseburgers (it's a kosher thing)

[Imogene]

You were engaged to Wolowitz?

It's getting harder and harder to be a bad Jew...

[crashhelmet]

That could be called Heaven for some people . . .

Heaven for my tongue. Hell for my stomach.

CH

[ArcticChicken]

And Jewcy.

*kicks Sheldon in the shins*

[Magpie]

There's a pub somewhere that serves the "blasphemer" hotdog. It starts with a kosher hotdog, but once you add cheese and bacon it really isn't anymore...

I'm amused by people not getting this, because I was lactose intolerant as a child. I learnt at a fairly young age what parvee was, and how to check for kosher symbols.

[Jester]

It's getting harder and harder to be a bad Jew...

The hell you say!

I am very good at being a bad Jew. Hell, come on over...I have shrimp cocktail and bacon cheeseburgers ready to go!

I'm amused by people not getting this, because I was lactose intolerant as a child. I learnt at a fairly young age what parvee was, and how to check for kosher symbols.

People are idiots, and/or they don't really bother trying to understand what is beyond their small world. I am not saying this maliciously, just as an observation of human nature.

Keeping in mind that I am Jewish by descent and not at all by practice, I have been asked by otherwise intelligent people such things as, "Wait....you don't celebrate Christmas?" And yet if I asked a Christian if they celebrated Hanukkah, they would give me a "Duh!" look, even though it is the exact same thing. It seems that a lot of Christians can't grasp the idea of someone not celebrating their religion's holidays. "But it's Christmas" is not a valid rebuttal to the explanation that someone is not a Christian and therefore does not celebrate Christian holidays. And yet, that' is the most common response I hear.

I am a Jew by descent, but an atheist by upbringing and a pagan by belief. And despite this, I still get people asking me questions about the Jewish religion and Jews as a group, even though I am hardly an expert on either.

[Magpie]

Keeping in mind that I am Jewish by descent and not at all by practice, I have been asked by otherwise intelligent people such things as, "Wait....you don't celebrate Christmas?" And yet if I asked a Christian if they celebrated Hanukkah, they would give me a "Duh!" look, even though it is the exact same thing. It seems that a lot of Christians can't grasp the idea of someone not celebrating their religion's holidays. "But it's Christmas" is not a valid rebuttal to the explanation that someone is not a Christian and therefore does not celebrate Christian holidays. And yet, that' is the most common response I hear.

Actually there's a lot of people who celebrate Christmas without being Christian... there's the mostly secular holiday with trees and Santa and what not in addition to the actual religious observances. As a good rule of thumb: anyone who tells you that "it's Christmas" before the 25th is referring to the secular holiday. This doesn't mean that they don't celebrate the religious one, but it does show the existence of two distinct holidays.

Of course, the majority of the people who celebrate the secular Christmas and not the religious one are doing so because of a history of celebrating the religious holiday. However the local papers, in their human interest sections, say that there are people from entirely different religious backgrounds who do celebrate the secular Christmas.

[Cookie]

I know Christians who celebrate Passover. I've done so myself actually, and I'm a Christian. Let's just confuse things even more!

[Magpie]

I know Christians who celebrate Passover. I've done so myself actually, and I'm a Christian.

I didn't want to count that because I, at least, celebrate it because Christianity has Jewish roots. It's a little difficult to do Bible study without studying first-century Judaism, at least if you want it to make sense.

[Jester]

Actually there's a lot of people who celebrate Christmas without being Christian

Oh, I know that. I wasn't referring to that. Hell, my immediate family does the Christmas thing (secularly, not religiously). But I was referring more to the people who are like, "You don't celebrate Christmas?" and "You don't believe in Jesus?", etc, etc. As if it's shocking that there are religious beliefs other than the ones the questioner has.

I know Christians who celebrate Passover. I've done so myself actually, and I'm a Christian. Let's just confuse things even more!

That actually makes sense, since Christianity not only has its roots in Judaism, but the Christian Bible, the New Testament as it were, accepts the Old Testament for the most part. Genesis and all that. And Jesus was himself Jewish. So for Christians to celebrate Passover is actually very logical. It is a celebration of the roots of their religion, even if they do ignore some of the tenets of that religion, like keeping kosher.

[flutes_and_fabric]

I first read the title as "Hell will not supply you with cheeseburgers". Although it did make for an interesting eye-grab.

Actually there's a lot of people who celebrate Christmas without being Christian... there's the mostly secular holiday with trees and Santa and what not in addition to the actual religious observances. As a good rule of thumb: anyone who tells you that "it's Christmas" before the 25th is referring to the secular holiday. This doesn't mean that they don't celebrate the religious one, but it does show the existence of two distinct holidays.

Of course, the majority of the people who celebrate the secular Christmas and not the religious one are doing so because of a history of celebrating the religious holiday. However the local papers, in their human interest sections, say that there are people from entirely different religious backgrounds who do celebrate the secular Christmas.

I do the whole tree and presents thingy. I think when I was a kid I was just jealous of how everyone got to have trees in their house.

I know Christians who celebrate Passover. I've done so myself actually, and I'm a Christian. Let's just confuse things even more!

My best friend is christian and is very religious, but she always celebrates passover because she thinks my family is crazy and hilarious and there's always lots of food. I don't think we have a single family picture which doesn't involve food...

Oh, I know that. I wasn't referring to that. Hell, my immediate family does the Christmas thing (secularly, not religiously). But I was referring more to the people who are like, "You don't celebrate Christmas?" and "You don't believe in Jesus?", etc, etc. As if it's shocking that there are religious beliefs other than the ones the questioner has.

I get stuff like that all the time! The last one was a girl who came up to me and asked if she could ask me a question. I replied of course by saying "you just did." Then she asked "What do you think about jesus?" She had a survey and everything. I told her I was jewish. She said great, a new point of view! Well, what do you think? I just said...not much. I don't believe in him. She kept asking me stuff to which I usually replied: neither, since I don't believe in him. She didn't really get it, but it was amusing.

I love holidays I don't celebrate mainly cause that probably means I have a church gig and usually I make $50/rehearsal and $100-300/performance. Very nice.

[Legal Eagle]

it's daft. i know about kosher and when i think about it, no cheeseburgers seem obvious. However i can see how even knowing it was a jewish event, most people wouldn't immeadtly realise the no cheeseburgers thing.

[SongsOfDragons]

I thought cheeseburger cheese was made from plastic... >

[Cookie]

I thought cheeseburger cheese was made from plastic... >

Not my cheeseburger!

[flutes_and_fabric]

it's daft. i know about kosher and when i think about it, no cheeseburgers seem obvious. However i can see how even knowing it was a jewish event, most people wouldn't immeadtly realise the no cheeseburgers thing.

Yeah, I don't expect everyone to know that. It's the ones who complained about it that were annoying.

[Cookie]

I just remembered this. My old Food and Beverage manager was about to put some cheese on some chicken for some guests at a banquet who had requested kosher style meals. I had to stop him. And he talked so much about all the thousands of people he cooked for as a chef.