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I grew up with Reform and Conservative Jewish traditions but I have Hasidic cousins. I can appreciate that the tight-knit nature of the Hasidic lifestyle can be fulfilling for a lot of people, but I’m glad I grew up in Reform and Conservative Judaism.

For one thing, my career is very important. I like that I can choose whether I want to get married, to whom, and when. I like that I don’t have the same pressure to simply have children and be a homemaker. That I was given the freedom to be able to see the world and that I have friends from a wide array of backgrounds. I like being able to try different cuisines. My sister’s a lesbian. I’m happy that she’s able to pursue meaningful relationships and that she doesn’t feel pressured to marry a man. I have family who are Japanese and Korean, and I’m glad I’m from a background that is welcoming and inclusive to people who aren’t ethnically Jewish.

I’m generally secular because I like the freedom of it. I can’t say that I personally would be at all content trading that for an orthodox lifestyle.

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Very fair!!

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A pitch for the Ask A Jew reboot of Romeo & Juliet: CL’s son enters into a secret match with a Satmar girl.

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😂😂😂😂

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Late to listening to this one, but I feel upset and threatened by the keffiyahs wearers. I got caught at a truck stop with hundreds of them and I totally freaked out. I'm a shiksa but married to one of the tribe with a kid and had they been there I would have been even more scared

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This was such a good episode!

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