My friend's mother thinks I'm Jewish, help! Is she weird? Why does she care?

Question

Sometimes I go to visit my friend Teri. Her mom is usually home. I noticed the last few times I've been over, she tries to question me about my ancestry & whether or not I am Jewish

1. first, when I was introduced to her she said about my name, "that's Jewish, right?" (my name has a "man" in it)

2. I was wearing a silver cross necklace my grandma gave me & she said to me "that's a nice necklace, why are YOU wearing it?" and I told her & she said "oh, aren't you Jewish?"

3. I asked her why she thought I was Jewish & she said "oh, you look it." in a rather nasty way.

4. she asked me what countries my family is from and then said "are you sure about that?" like she didn't believe me.

Her daughter & I always get confused for sisters or twins, so, if I "look it," so must her daughter!

I am sure this family is not Jewish, so what's her deal? And why is it so important to her?

thanks guys!

btw I"m Catholic! so that's why I
"try hard" to deny it.

Answer 1

she sounds like my mom!

Answer 2

Just tell her something like, "aren't we all Jewish either adopted or otherwise?" Maybe you and her daughter were adopted from the same Jewish family. That wouldn't be so bad would it now? A Jewish Catholic is pretty cool isn't it? Well God bless you princess, and get married soon and bring mama lots of children.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I think she might be a neo-nazi. She probably doesn't like Jews. She sounds crazy and paranoid and is looking for an enemy. I think, unless you openly pray the our father or have an orgasm for Jesus she will continue to assume that you're Jewish and gather more "evidence" until she can prove to your friend that you're a dirty Jew and a member of the New World Order who intends to alert the alien nations that visited us in Egypt and built the pyramids that it is time to end humanity.

Have fun!

Answer 5

It sounds to me that she must be anti-semetic. When you said she keeps on asking and then said "oh, you look it!" in a really rude way, it nearly proves that she is racist against Jewish people.
Funny that in this day and age, someone like her is racist against Jewish people... lol Especially in America.
When you see her next time, ask her if she is German.

Answer 6

Why won't you just ASK her?
I can't possibly think of a reason why this mother wants you to be Jewish if she isn't. That is a bit weird.

Answer 7

Tell her your not a jew but you are jew-ish.
Play along sounds like a funny situation.
Tell her you want to start your own Jew Pizza parlor.
(Cheese cannot be eaten in the same meal with any meat.)
If she asks you to do anything from sundown on friday to sundown sat tell her you are on Shabbat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbat
If they offer you any food ask if it's kosher
Start calling her (momzer) its a Jew who was born from a relationship that is forbidden under the Jewish Law.
(Like brother and sister)
Do your homework and get creative

Answer 8

Pure bigotry.

Whenever I brought a new friend home, the first question my mother asked was, ''What does her (his) father do?'' Then she asked about their family name, ''What kind of name is that? It doesn't sound American''. To my mother, blue eyed, light hair, and Anglo-Saxon Protestant was the top of the social rung.

It almost killed her that only the dark ''swarthy'' type interested me, I converted to Judaism, and I had a mind of my own.

I think this mother is the same type of person. Pity your poor friend.

Answer 9

She is nosy AND prejudiced against Jewish people. Why don't you ask her if she wants to talk to your parents about you being Jewish? That should shut her up.

Answer 10

She's ignorant just tell her she looks like shes iraqi. People think im jewish when i dont cut my hair just because its dark and curly. Pretty stupid huh?

Answer 11

nothing wrong with being jewish, why do you try so hard to deny it