Why would some Jews want to ignore their heritage or why would they be ashmaed of being a Jew?

Answer 1

Because they don't want to be simply know as "A Jew" or they think it's an archaic belief system or they think that by being an active Jew they are parts of a Synagogue that usually support Israel and they are ashamed of the way they perceive that country's policies...

I dunno, probably a thousand different reasons...

Answer 2

The same reason a person would not want to be black or some other group of people who had a negative outcome at one time or another.

I know people who did not want it known they were part black. My family was ashamed of having Indian blood and my grandmother would always hush the subject.

If there was ever any negative feedback from being of a particular heritage, there can be, fear, embarrassment; a lot of people do not like Jews, all the way back from Bible times so it might be easier for them to just not admit they are for social reasons.

Our country, USA, is very diverse; you can be proud of whatever heritage you came from; but that was not always the case.

Answer 3

Many a jew in Nazi Germany only survived because they hid the fact that they were Jewish, very prudent in my estimation although some would disagree. Only reason there are so many religions is because someone disagreed with the status quo and went on to form their own. I think as a group they have done remarkably well to survive this long what with them always being the scapegoat. Good luck to them who want to uphold the tradition and likewise to those who don't. Religion is a personal choice , just because your parents are jewish doesn't obligate you as an individual to be one also. Idiots like the Nazis attributed racial norms to the Jews, some jews do too but in the end it is only a religion like any other.

Answer 4

There are probably a million reasons why. Of those I happen to know personally, a few are things like 1) childish (carrying into adulthood) rebellion against parents; 2) distain for all things religious; 3) misperceptions about Judaism and Jewish culture; 4) plain old obnoxiousness; 5) lack of knowledge.

Many Jewish people also have a sort of 'internalized anti-Semitism' (as in internalized homophobia or racism) -- from growing up in cultures that told them horrible lies about Jews and being Jewish.

One woman I used to know turned her back on Judaism when she learned about the Holocaust as a child, it seemed to her that it only got you killed.

Judaism is an amazing religion with much wisdom and beautiful liturgy. The culture is just as dynamic and rich. It's just silly that so many people think they need to hate us.

Answer 5

i HAVEbeen a Jew for a long long time and have never met a Jew who was ashamed of our heritage. I don't know why you think so but you must know some quirky Jews. My mother-in-law was somewhat strange, I remember my husband and I were going to a Cleveland Brown football game and she begged me to put my Star of David under my shirt so as not to make waves. I didn't do ashe said and nothing happened, of course. Some Jews, MAYBE fear another Holacause especially when you get monsters like the head of Iran which calls for the destruction of Israel and the murder of all the infidel Jews.

Answer 6

I personally can not relate to that mind set I was always proud of my Jewishness.

but their might be some people that see it as making them different from the society around them. Many Jews have had a desire to assimilate into the culture they lived in and be just like everyone else. Being Jewish might be an obstacle to that.

Answer 7

My Grandma was Jewish but my dad wasn't raised as a Jew and neither was I. I'm not ashamed of my Jewish heritage in fact I'm quite proud of her! (she sadly died in 1999) I would love to know more about the Jewish faith as I really know nothing about it but I really wouldn't know where to start! In my opinion nobody should be ashamed of where they've come from..they should be proud of it and if others don't like it then they're not worth knowing!

Answer 8

I dont think they do. Most are proud to be Jews, and so they should be. A good race of fine people, in my experience.

Answer 9

the only shame comes in being afraid of what anyone else thinks of you. they shouldn't be afraid of being the chosen, nor should they fear, mankind's fear of that. if a true Jew understood His/Her place in society they would fear no one. no one, Jew or otherwise, should ever feel ashamed of what someone else thinks. that's like being afraid of being naked, when it's your skin. that's the lesson of Adam and Eve. so to answer the question, it is a fear of knowledge of self that they fear, which is the worst fear to have. for once you know yourself, you owe yourself...What, is Up to you.

Answer 10

Really I don´t know, but there is something I cannot understand, how Jews who know what sorrow and suffer is, can do the things they are doing with Palestinians