Sholom. I am enrolled Tsitsistas (aka, Southern Cheyenne), African American blood and a convert as Teimani Baladi (Yemenite Jewish) beit-din, so i get it from all angles.
Because i live in an area where there are no Teimani i visit a community for worship i am not member, 99% Ashkenazi. Unless the community already knows of me i usually get the introductory - i guess the asker is being prideful (of what i have no clue yet they emanate a prideful demeanor): “So, how did you learn so much about Judaism and Torah; did you work for a Jewish family?”
:))))
When i attend a tribal pow-wow i am known by many of the elders but those young enough to be grandchildren want to know if i have a playlist on my device that is more black urban than what they might have. [I wouldn’t unless the kids are listening to Albinoni or Vivaldi. :)) ]
Are you getting the pic?
The point is be yourself, be comfortable in your own skin. One needn’t expect folk to know whence you come nor whither you go.
Only be true to yourself and be fine with that. BS’D
Kol tuv,
don
Sholom. I am enrolled Tsitsistas (aka, Southern Cheyenne), African American blood and a convert as Teimani Baladi (Yemenite Jewish) beit-din, so i get it from all angles.
Because i live in an area where there are no Teimani i visit a community for worship i am not member, 99% Ashkenazi. Unless the community already knows of me i usually get the introductory - i guess the asker is being prideful (of what i have no clue yet they emanate a prideful demeanor): “So, how did you learn so much about Judaism and Torah; did you work for a Jewish family?”
:))))
When i attend a tribal pow-wow i am known by many of the elders but those young enough to be grandchildren want to know if i have a playlist on my device that is more black urban than what they might have. [I wouldn’t unless the kids are listening to Albinoni or Vivaldi. :)) ]
Are you getting the pic?
The point is be yourself, be comfortable in your own skin. One needn’t expect folk to know whence you come nor whither you go.
Only be true to yourself and be fine with that. BS’D
Kol tuv,
don