First impressions

I have used this symbol for decades, since childhood, because I have always admired the Jewish people and the history of Israel. When I discovered that my family came from the crypto-Jews who founded and built the part of the country where I live, I was extremely happy. From then on, my life had gained another meaning, I began to feel that I was part of “something bigger than myself”, I felt as if I had gained a new life, a different place in the world, the possibility of participating in a culture that I consider much more beautiful than the one in which I was born.

However, I discovered that having an ancestor “from hundreds of centuries ago” doesn’t make any difference, especially since I was raised in a Christian home. I had some concepts about ethnicity that involved much more DNA and phylogenetic traits than other things, but I understood that Jewish ethnicity is subordinate to religion (this is in no way a criticism!!!).

So, finally, after a lot of anger and hearing hundreds of comments against my identification with a supposedly Jewish ethnicity (which apparently was a delusion in my head), I am taking the action of no longer wearing this chain around my neck or declaring that I have any relationship with Judaism from today onwards, out of respect for all of you who were bothered by the chain and my statements. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize. I will no longer be a nuisance.