#GrowingUpJewish: Twitter's take on what it's like to be part of the tribe

From thinking everyone knows Yiddish to having over-protective mothers, Twitter users weigh in on what it's like to be #GrowingUpJewish.

DECEMBER 20, 2015 12:28

MOLDOVIAN JEWS celebrate Shabbat at Limmud FSU conference last year. (photo credit: COURTESY LIMMUD FSU) — MOLDOVIAN JEWS celebrate Shabbat at Limmud FSU conference last year.

(photo credit: COURTESY LIMMUD FSU)

We've all been there. You'd be lying if you said you didn’t have holiday envy as your Christian friends noshed on chocolate bunnies while you tried to chow down some matzo. You'd be senseless to think there is anything more important than calling your mother before Shabbat and you would be crazy if you'd rather have it any other way!

So what is it? Is it the over-protective Jewish mothers? Is it the wonderful, food-centric holidays that no other culture seems to get? Is it the network of Jewish Geography that you are automatically connected to, just by attending summer camp or joining a youth movement? Social media weighs in on what it's like to be #GrowingUpJewish.

This December dilemma:

when leaving a grocery store and the cashier says "merry christmas!" and you die a little inside #growingupjewish
— brooklyn baby (@_pixelfaerie) December 8, 2015

But really, is there such thing as too many sweatshirts?

#GrowingUpJewish Everything you own is from some distant cousins Bar/Bat-Mitzvah
— Shen Baevitz (@InitiallyBS) December 5, 2015

This common misconception about the holidays:

When ur christian friends actually think you get more presents because there's 8 nights of Chanukah #growingupjewish pic.twitter.com/YRp6gYtAV6
— Sam (@SamanthaBusey) December 1, 2015

This total Goy move:

"I forget your name. It's either Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca, Or Leah." #growingupjewish
— commie cammie (@cammgodfrey) November 14, 2015

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These endless questions:

Every time I tell someone I'm Jewish: "So, do you speak Jewish?" "What's a Jewish?" #growingupjewish
— Maya ⚯͛ (@lol_its_maya) November 12, 2015

The rebellious Jewish girl's struggle:

my mom said I can't get a tattoo bc if I do I can't be buried in the same cemetery #growingupjewish
— zofie darling (@kitttenqueen) November 12, 2015

When you basically speak two languages:

I called a washcloth a yenta when I meant to say schmata and my mom yelled at me #growingupjewish
— midclass homie quan (@lNTERGALACTlC) November 6, 2015

This typical Jewish Dad joke:

"What am I, chopped liver?" #GrowingUpJewish
— Rocketman (@mikaelaabellamy) October 23, 2015

When some things just don't make sense:

when I was little my tiny jewish self didn't know what Jesus was and I thought it was a curse word #growingupjewish
— jaime (@jaime_marvin) August 22, 2015

When your mother dictates your love life:

**actually happened** ME: mom, I'm gay. I'm dating a girl. MOM: is she Jewish? #growingupjewish
— Emma CNN (@cnn_emma) August 21, 2015

When you're always trying to figure out who you know from their summer camp:

#GrowingUpJewish playing Jewish Geography every time you meet a Jew
— EndlessLove (@jennyzbar) July 31, 2015

When your mom monitors your every move:

When she's worried about you b/c she needs to make sure you lit your menorah @JewBoyProblems #TextsFromMomTuesday pic.twitter.com/L5kckIqg1B
— Izzy Manela (@IManela) December 15, 2015

And when you love her because no matter what, she's always right: