Intriguing
Granted, this isn't quite as perplexing as Uberimma's case of the Amish/Jewish mystery family. But today on the way home I was on the bus with an Asian-looking woman and three Asian-looking kids. Except the boy was wearing a black velvet kippa over his straight dark hair, among which were long straight strands of pei'ot. And he had tzitit hanging out from under his T-shirt over his shorts. And when his mother addressed the younger girl as "Sarah," she pronounced the a as in "car," like you would in Hebrew, rather than as in "care" like the English version of the name. And the older girl was wearing a long skirt. But the mother (as I assume she was) was wearing a relatively short skirt, as in above the knee.
Curious. I'm just very, very curious. I'd love to know these people's stories...
posted by Alisha @ 6:02 PM
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There are several frum Asian people in our shul, some of whom I think are related to Ruth of Ruth's Kitchen, a local kosher Korean take-out place. That doesn't shed any light on your story, though.
It could be that the woman was an aunt rather than the kid's mother. Or, also possible, the kids are growing up frummer than the parents...I know more than a few people who don't meet the "standards of observance" of their children's schools, but send them there anyway and try to reinforce the school's ideals fo rtheir kids at home.
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