#anyway. he's from venezuela and moved up here from yeshiva uni so it is very nice to have someone w a different background
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turns out there has been another jew in religion class the Entire Time he is just very quiet and hates the class
#talked to him on the way home he is very nice but again quiet#and my adhd ass is kind of a nightmare with people that don't talk a lot#he did give me Some responses and i tried to ask questions and he laughed at a lot of what i said so#i don't think it was a total mess of a conversation i just don't do well with people who won't interject on their own#anyway. he's from venezuela and moved up here from yeshiva uni so it is very nice to have someone w a different background#than my mostly standard american reform jewish (albeit more religious than most reform jews) background#i will now be giving him a Look every time i make a statement about judaism. which he will probably hate#also he told me sephardic v ashkenazi riots are a big thing in Venezuela#because apparently sephardics are richer there and the rabbis have beef and such#which is something ive vaguely heard of and have a rough idea of where it may come from but is also like#suuuuper alien to me as an american jew bc i grew up around a mix of sephardic and ashkie jews and picked up some sephardic traditons#and my weird hodgepodge reform practice orthodox services goyische dad jewish education#i will be looking it up. thank you other Jewish guy in class for making the first interesting point I've heard#bar the actual professor
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