Moving on from Underexposed Overexposure, I decided to take a look at what my second minority group, Jews, were doing online. Being Jewish myself, I was surprised at how few things I could think of that I do on the internet that are particuarly "Jewish" of me. So I did a little research (thanks, Google). The first website I found was a Jewish dating site called JDate, where single Jews could sign up to try and find other single Jews to date/hang out with. So I figured, I've really got to see what kinds of crazy stuff they ask about on here. So I signed up. It wasn't as much of a hassle as I thought it would be (I've heard horror stories about eHarmony's sign-up process), and they asked pretty normal questions. I assumed they would ask questions about how much I practice my religion, if I keep kosher, etc., and they did, but there were more answer choices than I knew what to do with.
In some cases, I didn't even know what all the answer choices meant. In fact, if I wasn't taking a Jewish studies course this semester for my ethnic studies credits, I wouldn't have even known what Ashkenazi or Sephardic was.
So that was interesting. The website is obviously tailored towards more serious Jews, those who know a little bit about their religion (aka, not me). And even though being NOT Jewish is an option in the religious background question, it is not an option in the ethnicity section.
Did a bit more research, found websites for Jerry Abramson's MatzaFun tours (yeah, seriously), a piece on Jews on the internet written by a disgruntled webmaster, a site recommending 50 Jewish websites, and various synagogue pages. That's all for now...
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