30 Most Annoying Questions To Ask A Jew

by Michael Peckerar for RantLifeStyle.com

Being Jewish is a tough gig. Not from antisemitism -- which is still totally a thing -- but from the Grand Canyon of a cultural chasm between Jews and the majority.

I am Jewish and have been my whole life. I was born Jewish to two Jewish parents with a Jewish brother and a family dog that answered commands in Yiddish. I classify myself as being a 'Jew- BAE' -- Bar Mitzvah and everything. No matter where Jewish people live, in a place with lots of Jews or a place with none -- and I've lived in both -- there is a litany of questions that we constantly find ourselves answering.

Sure a lot of people are "just curious" and "want to learn about your faith", but is the checkout line at Target really the best place for a theological conversation?

These are just some of the questions Jews are asked repeatedly that will make us roll our eyes. Some of them because they're super patronizing and make us feel like animals in a zoo; some of them because they're spectacularly not-well-thought out. Still others are annoying because we hear them so much. In no particular order, these are 30 completely annoying questions we are tired of answering.


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