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 If you grew up Jewish here are some questions for you.  Please feel free to add additional questions that would help a Jewish person write a more complete personal history.
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-*Did you grow up in a Jewish or in a Gentile neighborhood?
+#Did you grow up in a Jewish or in a Gentile neighborhood?
-*Did you feel comfortable in Gentile neighborhoods?
+#Did you feel comfortable in Gentile neighborhoods?
-*Was your Jewish neighborhood a close one?
+#Was your Jewish neighborhood a close one?
-*What languages were spoken in your Jewish neighborhood?
+#What languages were spoken in your Jewish neighborhood?
-*Did you only associate with other Jewish kids growing up?
+#Did you only associate with other Jewish kids growing up?
-*Who were they and what are they doing today?
+#Who were they and what are they doing today?
-*Why did your family settle in the area where you grew up?
+#Why did your family settle in the area where you grew up?
-*Did they want to live somewhere else?
+#Did they want to live somewhere else?
-*Being Jewish, did you feel separate from the community?
+#Being Jewish, did you feel separate from the community?
-*Did you very suffer any discrimination either in public schools or otherwise?
+#Did you very suffer any discrimination either in public schools or otherwise?
-*Did you ever wish you were not Jewish what may have made you feel that way?
+#Did you ever wish you were not Jewish what may have made you feel that way?
-*How did you celebrate the various Jewish Holiday’s?
+#How did you celebrate the various Jewish Holiday’s?
-*Which one is your favorite and why?
+#Which one is your favorite and why?
-*How did your family deal with the various non Jewish religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter?
+#How did your family deal with the various non Jewish religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter?
-*What are your favorite Jewish foods?
+#What are your favorite Jewish foods?
-*Did your family eat “kosher”?
+#Did your family eat “kosher”?
-*Do you do so today?
+#Do you do so today?
-*Describe your “Bar Mitzvah” or “Bat Mitzvah”?
+#Describe your “Bar Mitzvah” or “Bat Mitzvah”?
-*Was there any occupations you could not go into because of your Jewish upbringing?
+#Was there any occupations you could not go into because of your Jewish upbringing?
-*Was a “matchmaker” ever talked about in the selection of a spouse for you?
+#Was a “matchmaker” ever talked about in the selection of a spouse for you?
-*Did you ever know any family members married with the help of a matchmaker?
+#Did you ever know any family members married with the help of a matchmaker?
-*What domination (Orthodox, Reformed, etc) were you growing up?
+#What domination (Orthodox, Reformed, etc) were you growing up?
-*What domination are you are present?
+#What domination are you are present?
-*If different, why the change?
+#If different, why the change?
-*What is your feelings about other Jewish dominations?
+#What is your feelings about other Jewish dominations?
-*Any remembrances on how some Jewish dominations treated other dominations?
+#Any remembrances on how some Jewish dominations treated other dominations?
-*Which Synagogue did you belong to as a child?
+#Which Synagogue did you belong to as a child?
-*Do you belong to one today?
+#Do you belong to one today?
-*What is your activity in Synagogue today?
+#What is your activity in Synagogue today?
-*Did you or do you now wear any special articles of clothing?
+#Did you or do you now wear any special articles of clothing?
-*Did you attend Hebrew school?
+#Did you attend Hebrew school?
-*Can you read Hebrew now?
+#Can you read Hebrew now?
-*What is you attitude of the non-Jewish people?
+#What is you attitude of the non-Jewish people?
-*Was there any particular family member that had the greatest influence on you as far as your attitude toward Judaism today?
+#Was there any particular family member that had the greatest influence on you as far as your attitude toward Judaism today?
-*What was the Sabbath like in your home? Describe in detail.
+#What was the Sabbath like in your home? Describe in detail.
-*Have you read the Torah or any other sacred books of Judaism?
+#Have you read the Torah or any other sacred books of Judaism?
-*Any Rabbis you remember in particular and what was their influence?
+#Any Rabbis you remember in particular and what was their influence?
-*Did you ever entertain the thought of being a Rabbi?
+#Did you ever entertain the thought of being a Rabbi?
-*Did you ever investigate any other Jewish dominations and why?
+#Did you ever investigate any other Jewish dominations and why?
-*Did you ever investigate any Christian dominations and why?
+#Did you ever investigate any Christian dominations and why?
-*Did you ever investigate any other religions and why?
+#Did you ever investigate any other religions and why?
-*Did you ever attend any other the services of any other the above?
+#Did you ever attend any other the services of any other the above?
-*Describes your thoughts and feelings about your investigations.
+#Describes your thoughts and feelings about your investigations.
-*Any feeling towards those who converted from Judaism to other religions?
+#Any feeling towards those who converted from Judaism to other religions?
-*Did you family change its name from the old country when they came to the US?
+#Did you family change its name from the old country when they came to the US?
-*What was it?
+#What was it?
-*Who changed it?
+#Who changed it?
-*Did your family take pride in now being American Jews or did they still continue to look upon themselves as Russian Jews, Polish Jews, etc.
+#Did your family take pride in now being American Jews or did they still continue to look upon themselves as Russian Jews, Polish Jews, etc.
-*Was it easy for your ancestors to except the American culture?
+#Was it easy for your ancestors to except the American culture?
-*Did your family ever talk about immigrating to Israel?
+#Did your family ever talk about immigrating to Israel?
-*Do you have such thoughts? If not, why not?
+#Do you have such thoughts? If not, why not?
-*Have you been to Israel and how did you feel being there?
+#Have you been to Israel and how did you feel being there?
-*How does having grown up in a Jewish family effect you today?
+#How does having grown up in a Jewish family effect you today?
-*How would you characterize your family’s activity in Judaism as you were growing up?
+#How would you characterize your family’s activity in Judaism as you were growing up?
-*How would characterize your family’s activity today?
+#How would characterize your family’s activity today?
-*Did it have any influence on your school activities that take place on Friday night?
+#Did it have any influence on your school activities that take place on Friday night?
-*Any relatives victims of the Holocaust?
+#Any relatives victims of the Holocaust?
-*Tell what you know about them and what areas they came from?
+#Tell what you know about them and what areas they came from?
-*Any of your family past or present active in Zionism?
+#Any of your family past or present active in Zionism?
-*What is your attitude about the problems in the middle east?
+#What is your attitude about the problems in the middle east?
-*How do you feel about your arab cousins
+#How do you feel about your arab cousins
-*Other questions and notes:
+#Other questions and notes:
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