Japanfan
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I grew up in a Northern Canadian mining town and there were five Jewish families when I was young. The families tried to give their kids Hanukkah, but it did not become an enduring tradition and there wasn't much of a Jewish community. Most of our friends celebrated Christmas, so we wanted to do so to, and belong.And some of my best friends are Jewish. A lovely statement which generally proceeds or follows an anti-semetic remark.
What I got a lot of later in life was 'You are Jewish? You don't seem Jewish'. As if it was a compliment.

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