>>So, you've done well getting assimilated. Like us here. A nephew is now re-entering the Amsterdam Jews community. He even married in the synagogue a couple of years ago. That was the first real time for me there. My father has been there many times in his childhood, but he's an atheist and so am I. We are completely assimilated and sometimes I wish all jews would've gone that route. On the other side, there are traditions that are 'nice' and heartbreaking and need to be kept alive. It's kind of a dilemma.
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>I would never wish for that. I'd rather see more and more jews coming back to their roots...
Yes, but what ARE those roots? I'm not religeous, so eating kosjer is not my thing...
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