#well. there was one whos husband is jewish and shes pretty embedded in the culture. shes not jewish but part of the community yknow?
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Today at work I rang up an older Jewish lady. I noticed her magen david, and complimented it. She froze for a second and then relaxed, and asked me where mine was. I showed her my necklace and we had a short conversation. She said that she could tell all the way from the queue line that I was Jewish. At one point she said, "these days we just want to-" and she closed her shirt a bit to hide her magen. I wish I weren't so socially awkward because instead of nodding along, I would have told her, "no, we can't hide, not anymore, not again." I wish I could have hugged her and told her how much she- a total stranger- means to me. Every time I run into another Jew when I'm not expecting it, it takes my breath away. I'm reminded of why I converted- because I fell in love with Judaism, the Jewish people, Jewish culture, Jewish everything. Jews, I love you so much. We are amazing. We have each other. עם ישראל חי
#there arent many jews in the town that i work in#she is the third jewish customer ive had#well. there was one whos husband is jewish and shes pretty embedded in the culture. shes not jewish but part of the community yknow?#i literally spent the drive home trying not to cry because i was so overwhelmed with love and gratitude for the jewish people#jumblr
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