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In reply to the discussion: Why Americans don’t understand Israeli Jews [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)12. Since as long as I can remember
Pretty much every American Jewish kid who has a bar or bat mitzvah goes to Sunday school up until that year for at least some period of time.
Unless of course they attend a Jewish day school or the like.
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it is not a matter of intolerance or tolerance at all it is simple common language use
azurnoir
Apr 2012
#42
And 5 Jews have told you we all attended Sunday School and you continue to tell us we are wrong.
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2012
#47
I said common usage in American English now if you wish to call me on that because
azurnoir
Apr 2012
#53
Really every Jewish kid you knew went to Hebrew school on Sunday and called it Sunday school?
azurnoir
Apr 2012
#27
it is a matter of language usage not dogma if you wish to call Hebrew school Sunday school
azurnoir
Apr 2012
#41
You originally claimed the author of the OP was out of touch for saying Sunday School
oberliner
Apr 2012
#61
sigh for the umpteenth time once again I have not said I right or wrong I gave you common usage
azurnoir
Apr 2012
#65
You must have meant to say, we as Americans have neighbors like Canada and Mexico, correct? n/t
Jefferson23
Apr 2012
#6
He himself states, to paraphrase, that "it's not working". That's his subject matter.
bemildred
Apr 2012
#68