# What religion is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808 "2007-04-19T17:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/21 "2007-04-19T19:37:53Z")
I was Jewish. Once. In 1960. For 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/22 "2007-04-19T19:50:07Z")
Ah, it’s a 1920’s style “Jew Ray.” ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/23 "2007-04-19T20:22:20Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Rhymes with “blueish”. [/QUOTE] If you’re going to use rhyming slang, get it right - it’s “four-by-two-ish”. ---
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/24 "2007-04-19T21:27:25Z")
_runs into thread_ Great! No one else has answered yet! She’s Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/25 "2007-04-19T21:58:28Z")
Hmmm… My “Jewish-radar” is tingling… Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/26 "2007-04-19T22:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=zev\_steinhardt] “Jewish-radar” [/QUOTE] Is that like “oy-veydar”? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/27 "2007-04-19T22:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Is that like “oy-veydar”? [/QUOTE] Another version of that is oy-gaydar. It helps in detecting gay jews. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/28 "2007-04-19T22:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Is that like “oy-veydar”? [/QUOTE] I thought he was Darth & Chad’s other brother, the jeweler with the wide-brimmed hat and beard. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/29 "2007-04-19T22:11:48Z")
You guys are hilarious. I’d love to know what **Burrido** ’s reaction to all this will be. Keeve (who else remembers when we had a smilie with sidecurls named “Orthodox Jewish Man”?) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/30 "2007-04-19T23:08:02Z")
Q. How is a political thread in Great Debates like Judaism? A. In either case, being a Conservative is unOrthodox. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/31 "2007-04-19T23:32:57Z")
Call your mother! She’s worried. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/32 "2007-04-20T00:47:57Z")
Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer! Pick me, teacher! Pick me! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/33 "2007-04-20T02:34:20Z")
Yes, Epstein? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/34 "2007-04-20T08:48:30Z")
Batgirl, if she was prepared. DYSWIDT? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/35 "2007-04-20T08:49:18Z")
Might it be that she’s either Jewish or Sabbatarian Christian? Since no one else thought of an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/36 "2007-04-20T12:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] It’s not Santa-Rio, by Duran Duran?? :o [/QUOTE] _Santa_? In a thread about this religion. I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/37 "2007-04-20T12:35:49Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Judaism. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/38 "2007-04-20T13:01:54Z")
All we need to complete the collection is for **OpalCat** to pull up a lawn chair. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/39 "2007-04-20T13:05:53Z")
When come back, Og bring pie! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808/40 "2007-04-20T13:06:51Z")
You’re forgetting JDT and foreskin ensues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-is-this/400808.md?page=3)