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1. 29athr+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-17 06:36:55
Most people do not know about the different Jewish peoples enough to recognize them. If you ask me to distinguish between Sephardim and Spaniards, or between an Ashkenazim and broadly European people, I will probably fail at that task.

Most people will be unsuspecting that you are Jewish, and even if they realize that you are Jewish, they will not think much about it. Perhaps they will ask you if you have any dietary restrictions and that's it.

Then, most Christians today see Judaism as another Abrahamic religion that is close to Christianity, not as a fundamentally different thing (even if in practice, it can be substantially different). Also, most people in the West are becoming increasingly secular and non-religious.

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2. hef198+c9[view] [source] 2020-06-17 08:10:04
>>29athr+(OP)
Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Sure, I don't know if I ever worked with jewish people in my life. Reason being, that religion never came up ever.

But as soon as jews don't blend in, either by traditional hair cuts or clothing, or by virtue of being at a synagoge, things are different. We still have enough anti-semitic incidents in Germany to actually be worried. I once worked with a guy who insulted a co-worker behind his back for being a jew (based on the family name, no idea if it's true or not). So yeah, you do get discriminated against if you are a jew. Not the same level as blacks in America, or muslims in India (add other example of extreme racism), but you do.

Only valid for Germany for lack of reevant insight and experience in other countries.

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3. 29athr+W71[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-17 15:47:32
>>hef198+c9
The article was about Silicon Valley so I was referring to that. Must also be true for large tech hubs like NYC and Seattle.

The situation outside those tech hubs can be very different.

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