אני יהודי.
Half of my family converted between the wars when in Germany, the other side fled to America. My family that made it out right before the Nazi's took over were terribly ridiculed and while of higher social background, forced to live in the ghetto of Indiana (the only state where they knew anyone) because they were German AND Jewish (not a popular combo at the time). So to try to make life a little better, my great grandparents converted to Lutheran, however practiced Judaism behind closed doors. My Grandmother thought this was weird and declared herself an atheist, as is my mother. When I was in 5th grade I learned this and told my Mom and Dad I wanted to learn more about my heritage, so I went to hebrew school and fell in love with the religion. While I was not born in to Judaism directly, I descend from Jewish heritage on the maternal side. This, according to the Torah, makes me Jewish (as I have never been any other religion). My Dad is Episcopalian, so I grew up with Christmas, but I never grew up going to church or anything. My parents don't care about religion. Once I got to high school I really studied my heritage and met with a Rabbi and was accepted into the fold ;-). I'm not as passionate about it now, but I consider myself Jewish.
