“My dad told me before he died that I have to marry a Jewish girl. Is it possible for you to become Jewish?”
T he first time I brought my son to cheder the news spread like wildfire through the school. Within seconds a crowd of kids swarmed the entrance gawking at me.
Then the chant started. “Sinit Yapanit” — Hebrew for “Chinese Japanese.”
“Ani lo Sinit!” I replied indignantly in my broken Hebrew. “Ani lo Yapanit!”
For a moment there was silence. Then a couple of kids spoke up. “Az mah at?” (So what are you?) “Ani Taiwanese” I declared.
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