This is why we never gave her a bat mitzvah.
Oh, but does she want 8 Hanukkah presents every year? You bet she does.
Clearly she inherited the multi-generation Indiana family food gene from her non-Jewish mother. Either that, or this is not my daughter. Should I go on Maury?
I’m not even going to try with the gefilte fish. I don’t need the tsouris.
And I’ll tell you one thing- she isn’t going looking for an afikomen come Passover.
Non-Jews: it’s probably best to just ignore my rant. Thank you.
EDIT: Hmm. Guess people here aren’t matzo fans either. Oh well.
But matzo is more than just food. It’s kind of an important part of Jewish culture in a lot of ways.
I mean I’m not going to force her to eat it or anything. It just sucks to me that she was so uninterested.
Kids + Culture aren’t always a good combination, I know my brother and I hated the cultural things we were told and taught up until our early teens when we started to understand it’s important.
Might have to wait a few more years before she’ll actually start to understand why it’s important to you.
I hated most of my parents favorite foods until I was in highschool and even then I was still kind of picky until I was in my 20s. My niece refused to eat anything but chicken nuggets and strawberries until she was like 15. Kids are weird dude lol
That’s funny. My uncle apparently refused to eat anything but olives for like two years when he was a kid.
She’s not the most adventurous eater, but in general she’s willing to try new things. It’s just very disappointing that this specific new thing, which is kind of a big part of her culture, was something she didn’t like.
My wife joked that she’s not a proper Jewish girl. She gets it.
(Seriously though, my daughter is as Jewish as she wants to be as far as I’m concerned. It’s not something I will force on her.)
I’m sure she will appreciate it more as she gets older and understands the significance of it
I hope so!