A Random Comment from August 16, 2004

There is a problem with your essay Dyske. There are a million types of Jews, from the hardcore right-wing Hasid in Israel to the liberal leftie secularists in NYC.

Or my girlfriend for instance: a child of an Irish Catholic and a Russian Jew (she identifies as Jewish; mom’s side).

And that is always a problem when someone generalizes as you do occasionally in this essay:

"Ironically, this is one of the problematic traits of Jews; they do not care to know anything about the lives of others, which is rooted in their religious doctrine against assimilation."

Ok, this *may* be true about Hasidic Jews, but *all* Jews? No way dude. It’s important to understand that folks who identify as Jewish don’t all see it as a religion, it’s more cultural.