Bujew v. Hinjew
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I went to a dinner tonight above the Fairway Market in Manhattan and ended up in a delightful conversation with a group of veterans and current employees of the Asia Society. The mix of cultures was fascinating, including an American Jewish woman formerly married to an Indian Hindu; a Hindu woman (rasied in Anglican schools) married to a Jewish man; and another couple of iterations of the same theme. The conversation turned to this question: Which is a better match, a Bujew relationship, meaning one member of a couple who's Jewish and one who's Buddhist, or a Hinjew relationship, meaning one couple is Jewish and the other is Hindu.
Answers fell on both sides, but the best came from one person at the table who suggested that Buddhism and Judaism are more compatible but a Hindu and a Jew are more compatible. The main reason seem to fall back on the idea that Jewish mothers and Hindu mothers are similar. Hmmm. Thoughts?
Labels: Interfaith Relations
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