[J. Freedman]

For the most part, anything – food, holidays, traditions – associated with Judiasm are referred to as ‘Jewish’, not ‘Hebrew.’ Another way to look at it: When asked ones ethnicity, people in the US would say that they’re Irish, Polish, Chinese, Korean, Egyptian, etc. I’ll respond ‘I’m Jewish,’ even though my heritage includes German, Russian, Latvian, and English roots. So, pretty much all things associated with Judiasm are commonly called ‘Jewish.’ The traditional laguage of our religion is Hebrew and – in Biblical times before organised Judiasm began – those folks [characters?!] like Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Leah and Rachel were called Hebrews. Nowadays, reffering to Jews as Hebrews or Heebs is deemed derrogatory. All that beign said, you ate ‘Jewish Food’…

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Name : J. Freedman, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 34, City : Cumberland, State : RI, Country : United States, Occupation : Video Producer, Social class : Middle class, 

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