This is why we never gave her a bat mitzvah.

Oh, but does she want 8 Hanukkah presents every year? You bet she does.

Clearly she inherited the multi-generation Indiana family food gene from her non-Jewish mother. Either that, or this is not my daughter. Should I go on Maury?

I’m not even going to try with the gefilte fish. I don’t need the tsouris.

And I’ll tell you one thing- she isn’t going looking for an afikomen come Passover.

Non-Jews: it’s probably best to just ignore my rant. Thank you.

EDIT: Hmm. Guess people here aren’t matzo fans either. Oh well.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    43·
    9 months ago

    But matzo is more than just food. It’s kind of an important part of Jewish culture in a lot of ways.

    I mean I’m not going to force her to eat it or anything. It just sucks to me that she was so uninterested.

    • kat_angstrom@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      Kids + Culture aren’t always a good combination, I know my brother and I hated the cultural things we were told and taught up until our early teens when we started to understand it’s important.

      Might have to wait a few more years before she’ll actually start to understand why it’s important to you.

    • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      I hated most of my parents favorite foods until I was in highschool and even then I was still kind of picky until I was in my 20s. My niece refused to eat anything but chicken nuggets and strawberries until she was like 15. Kids are weird dude lol

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        That’s funny. My uncle apparently refused to eat anything but olives for like two years when he was a kid.

        She’s not the most adventurous eater, but in general she’s willing to try new things. It’s just very disappointing that this specific new thing, which is kind of a big part of her culture, was something she didn’t like.

        My wife joked that she’s not a proper Jewish girl. She gets it.

        (Seriously though, my daughter is as Jewish as she wants to be as far as I’m concerned. It’s not something I will force on her.)