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Have you ever wished you weren't Jewish? Or, do you know somebody who feels this way? If so, why?
I don't think I ever met somebody who openly told me that they wished they were not Jewish; sure, a lot of people are totally indifferent to being Jewish but that is not the same as totally rejecting it.
I have heard stories from other though, and am curious how common it is.
I have thought about being not Jewish. I have been jealous of people who aren't Jewish. I have been annoyed that I am Jewish. But I don't know if I have ever wished I wasn't Jewish. Can I wish I was a bird or that I wasn't born until the year 3000? If so, then I'm sure when I was younger I wished not to be Jewish, even if only for 24 hours.
I have may times wished I were taller, and wished I was skinnier, and have wished I were rich, but the only time I can say that I think I wished I wasn't Jewish was maybe as a young kid, at Christmas one year because all my friends had pretty Xmas trees and we didn't. That didn't last long because one year I pulled out my parents plastic topiary tree and decorated it to be a Chanukah bush - Chanukah crepe paper, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Hanukkah Gelt, Hanukkah Candles, blue and silver balls, and driedles are some things that adorned the CB! I also realized we had 8 days of festivities which is a lot longer than 1 day of Xmas. The years when Chanukah started after Xmas, or during Xmas was really cool too. It wasn't til I was older that other kids thought it was cool to be Jewish because we got 8 days of presents.
Have you ever wished you weren't Jewish? Or, do you know somebody who feels this way? If so, why?
I don't think I ever met somebody who openly told me that they wished they were not Jewish; sure, a lot of people are totally indifferent to being Jewish but that is not the same as totally rejecting it.
I have heard stories from other though, and am curious how common it is.
Isn't the question really, have you ever wished you weren't born to a religious, practicing family? And born to a secular family?
So here is my question - if someone born to an Orthodox Jewish family and doesn't want to be religious/practicing, what can they do to opt out of it and how does the family or community take it?
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I wished I wasn't Jewish was maybe as a young kid, at Christmas one year because all my friends had pretty Xmas trees and we didn't. That didn't last long because one year I pulled out my parents plastic topiary tree and decorated it to be a Chanukah bush - Chanukah crepe paper, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Hanukkah Gelt, Hanukkah Candles, blue and silver balls, and driedles are some things that adorned the CB! I also realized we had 8 days of festivities which is a lot longer than 1 day of Xmas. The years when Chanukah started after Xmas, or during Xmas was really cool too.
It wasn't til I was older that other kids thought it was cool to be Jewish because we got 8 days of presents. 
