Anonymous
United States
Today, my dad spent a full half hour trying to convince me that Judaism is a race. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Colby
Saint John, Canada
Today, I watched my mother tell a man that the holocaust was "a good thing" and "necessary for population control". That man was my girlfriend's father. Who is Jewish. FML
daughterofanazi
United States
Today, my boyfriend came over to my parents' house for dinner. My dad made Holocaust jokes the entire time. My boyfriend is Jewish. FML
bloodyhell
United States
Good God, man…
Today, my dad tried to convert me, as he has numerous times before, and asked me why I was an atheist. After giving him a polite explanation and asking him if we could drop the subject, he nodded slowly and said, "You must be menstruating or something. You'll change your mind." FML
lordoftheweird
Kamloops, Canada
Charming
Today, my grandmother tried to lecture me about discrimination. This is the same woman who lies about her grandchildren's race, and tried to convince a Jewish person that the Jews were responsible for the Holocaust. FML
anonymous
United States
Today, my mother told me she wanted me to get an exorcism. Yes, she was serious. I'm Jewish. FML
oh gee, you don't say
Southampton, United Kingdom
Today, my dad forced the whole family to sit through a two-hour lecture, with supporting research, on how the "Mayan prophecy" is actually a load of shit fabricated by conmen. Nice to know he thinks we're all borderline brain-dead, gullible fuckwits who believed it to begin with. Thanks, dad. FML
Ryan
United States
Today, after a long discussion, my dad still doesn't understand how evolution works, and thinks it's a myth that was debunked a long time ago. FML
Anonymous
United States
Turn the other cheek
Today, my dad got married to a woman who's an atheist and makes fun of me for being a devout Christian. FML
Anonymous
Not the rugby team!
Today, at dinner, I stumbled over the words of the prayer and my dad is now convinced I’m losing interest in my religious responsibilities. To “bring me back to the Lord” he is trying to force me to break up with my girlfriend and quit the rugby team. FML
katiebird
Durham, United States
Heritage not hate, huh?
Today, my father informed me that I will have no chance of dating a good man if I keep up with these interracial relationships. And that he won't be supporting me through college if I continue this "rebellion." My boyfriend is half black and loves the same music, sports, and movies as my dad. FML
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Elenachka 0
a lot of people seem to think that
BaconDave 12
Can't Judaism be a religion and a race? **** me if I'm wrong.
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knocking 0
Oh great, not this argument again... I've had that same discussion with numerous people. Some people just refuse to change their minds, no matter what. It's not worth even trying with people like that.
rmeyer6 0
well I'm Jewish and while it is a religion, it is more like a race or ethnicity to most Jews because of how few of us are out there.
TheEmoSuperman 16
I am also jewish and most Jews I know think the same however rabbis and teachers would say otherwise
jrk26 0
so am i and thats just wrong
jbabedd 15
Judaism is a race. The Supreme Court ruled it that way in 1980. Despite it also being a religion, Judaism is passed down through mothers. If your mother is Jewish, technically, so are you. That doesn't mean that everyone that's Jewish by race is a practicing Jew religiously, but your dad was right. It's a race.
knocking 0
Just because the U.S courts ruled it that way doesn't necessarily make it right. The U.S. doesn't rule the world, and just because the U.S. says it doesn't mean the rest of the world sees it that way. Plus, they have bern wrong before, so I'm sure it's possible for them to be wrong again. I'm from the U.S., but it just bothers me that some people think that whatever the U.S. says or does is automatically right.
larsen801 0
it actually is considered a race.
Reyes11216 0
Well in 1980 the US Supreme court said judaism is a race for anti-discrimination laws. So in a way he is right.
67gtojake 7
I'm Jewish and I think it sort-of is
Miss33_fml 15
Being Jewish would be a race (being born from a mother who is Jewish). People can be followers of Judaism without being Jewish, so I'd say that Judaism isn't a race.
MrSexyPants 14
He's still a dumbass.
wigg3r 5
it is a race stupid
AmericanGal21 11
it's an ethnicity. because Jews became so isolated especially in Europe. For example, Tay Sachs disease is most common in people of Jewish descent. not because they are of a certain religion...