• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    I am also a Jewish atheist married to a formerly Christian (although not since she was a child) atheist.

    And for those who say that you cannot be an atheist and a Jew, the following people are/were atheists:

    Larry David
    Sarah Silverman
    Both Carl and Rob Reiner
    Gene Wilder
    Jerry Lewis
    Randy Newman

    Even (although I hate to bring him up) Woody Allen is an atheist. Good luck convincing people either Larry David or Woody Allen aren’t Jewish.

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      21 days ago

      Yeah… if telling fascists you don’t practice didn’t make a difference, bc “you’re still a Jew,” then you can be Jewish and anything

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      21 days ago

      In practice, would that be like being atheist but still celebrating Hannukah or Christmas?

      Or is it just Jewish heritage from a lineage perspective regardless of one’s perspective/practice on religion/god?

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        21 days ago

        The Jewish religion is entirely separate from the Jewish ethnicity.

        There may be a good amount of overlap but one can be ethnically Jewish and not religiously Jewish (Woody Allen), and likewise one can be religiously Jewish but not ethnically Jewish (Ivanka Trump).

        Sincerely, a Jewish atheist who celebrates Christmas.

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      22 days ago

      Good luck convincing people either Larry David or Woody Allen aren’t Jewish.

      Just wait for some talking head asshat to coin the term “JINO”.

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        21 days ago

        there are episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm where LD has other Jews yell at him for being a terrible Jew. that man is a maniac genius

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      21 days ago

      I am also a Jewish atheist married to a formerly Christian (although not since she was a child) atheist.

      Haha me too!!