🔖 Read So You’ve Just Found Out You’re Jewish. What’s Next? By DNA, I’m almost half Jewish. I’ve known this my whole life. By religious definitions, I’m not remotely Jewish. On a visceral level, I feel Jew-ish. A friend made me an honorary MOT. Regardless of the degree of my Jewishness... kimberlyhirsh.com

@kimberlyhirsh Do you know George Eliot's Daniel Deronda?

@JMaxB I'm not familiar with it, though I've now skimmed through its Wikipedia page.

@kimberlyhirsh I’ve always wondered about the Ashkenazi name. I have no clue what my heritage is more than four (including myself) generations on my father’s side, and five or six generations on my mother’s side. From what I know I have no Jewish ancestry, but I’m not sure. I’m a bit hesitant about giving away DNA to some company, but at the same time it would sure be interesting to know more.

@kimberlyhirsh @odd Don’t forget Mizrachi, Jews from The East. I’m Ashkenazi, myself, but spent time in Israel attending a synagogue that used a recreated Israeli tradition called Nusach Yisrael that’s largely based on Mizrachi ttaditions.

@jessekelber Yes thank you for the reminder!