I had a boyfriend -- VERY non-Jewish -- who loved the fact that I was Jewish. He loved my family, our urban-ness and my exotic background. He lovingly called me a Jewess. Yes, it felt very odd then, and it's still odd, but I have an affection for the anachronistic feel of it, and I like the embracing-our-roots aspect of why we should keep it alive.
I had a boyfriend -- VERY non-Jewish -- who loved the fact that I was Jewish. He loved my family, our urban-ness and my exotic background. He lovingly called me a Jewess. Yes, it felt very odd then, and it's still odd, but I have an affection for the anachronistic feel of it, and I like the embracing-our-roots aspect of why we should keep it alive.