I'm scared I'll act weird around Jewish people

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"Ez" is an extremely common ending to Spanish last names.

Perez, Mendez, Fernandez, Hernandez, etc.

I doubt it if it would be considered "Jewish" in some way.

I know that. My dad claims he found his last name in a Jewish encyclopedia.

Yeah. When I was her age EVERYONE thought I acted wierd all of the time. So I dont think anyone is going to discern the difference between the OP's autistic behavior around Jews, and her autistic behavior around Gentiles!

Lol!

I had a pretty similar problem when I gotten an obsession with Scandinavians. I use to stare at them and a majority of them wanted to beat me up.

So in other words, try to avoid them because people don't like to be seen as lab rats or trophies.

The point is: there is no "Jewish look" unless the person dresses differently from the "norm."

I used to be obsessed with Scandinavians as well. Luckily that obsession never made me stare at them.

I'm more worried about Jewish people thinking I'm treating them differently. As I've said in other threads I don't think I'm truly autistic. I am quirky, but that has nothing to do with how I act around Jewish people.

The Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews probably had a similar ultimate origin (the Levant).

But, especially since late Medieval times, Sephardic Jews were the ones who lived in southern and southeastern Europe and northern Africa; whereas Ashkenazim lived in northern, Central, and northeast Europe.

Supposedly, the Sephardim assimilated more with the greater culture than the Ashkenazim, who kept themselves somewhat separate from the greater culture.

One of the main differences is in the cuisine. Both Ashkenazi and Sephardic cuisine is based upon the greater culture within which they resided.

During Passover, the dietary restrictions amongst the Sephardim as less stringent.

I didn't realise that Graelwyn was Jewish.

There aren't any Iraqi Jews left I don't think. They all fled to Israel or other countries.

Okay...so you're crying for help from aspies about one of your symptoms of aspergers (special interests), but at the same time you are denying that you have aspergers? Complaining that you have a condition, and denying that you have it at the same time?

I think that you oughta make up your mind first. Are you on the autism spectrum, or not?

I have a symptom of autism (special interests.) Just like my sister. My sister doesn't have any autism diagnosis, but she still has special interests and not the best social life. Her special interest is Christianity. She talks about it all the time without any fear of looking autistic. I try not to talk about Judaism because I'm scared of looking autistic. I wish I could have been unlabeled like my sister.

My skin runs somewhat darker, my hair borders on frizzy, and I do resemble some of the (poster) stereotypes, as I grow older.

I have taken photos with pinker, more-Nordic friends, and we do not have the same facial proportions.

Genetically speaking, we are separate twigs on the same branch, might broadly be called white. It should be no more offensive say that someone looks very Jewish than to say they look very German or very Irish.

I think everyone has their own set of personality quirks, and they are conspicuous, at times.

I have been called different, in counltess ways, on countless occasions -- talking too fast, too loud, not clearly enough, too much, being distant, being intense...

Never have I heard someone come up with a diagnosis of Asperger's or autism, in informal company.

You might look different and be different, but that doesn't necessarily mean that everyone is better than you or is happier in life. Everyone else is unusual in their own way.

I don't typically tell people about AS, or resembling the spectrum, or being on it, in any way. They don't really know what it means, and wouldn't know how to help me, if they wanted to. I just take private satisfaction in knowing that my way of thinking fits a pattern or has a name, and accommodate it, when I need to.

I just have a lot of memories of me and my sister doing the same thing, but people seeing the behavior differently because of my label. That has made me paranoid about a lot of things.

I have dealt with extremely normal people on occasions, but not often. They are few, far between, and taken to be pedantic.

At least through the computer, you seem articulate enough, to me.

If you're bothered by the label, you might choose to interact with people, who are unaware of your label or don't care about it. Or, you might pursue your studies informally, as in-private. There's nothing wrong with that, so far as I can tell.

I trust that you are aware that none of this makes ANY sense!

You and your sister both ACT identically autistic, but she can be open about it because she is NOT labeled as autistic? Logically it should be the other way around. You have license to act autitistic because you have the label. But she would just look like a neurotic wierdo because she has no excuse for it. Like a girl who is opening lesbian can be seen kissing another girl, but a girl who ostensibly straight cant be seen doing that.


My suspicion is that this whole thing has nothing to do with any concern you have about offending strangers who might happen to be Jewish- at all.

What this is really about is this autism label you resent. You have this notion in the back of your head that if you're a good girl, and dont act wierd, you will be rewarded by the world by being declared nonautistic someday.

And your terrified that this Jewish obsession will cause you to disgrace yourself in public and show the world that you need to keep the label.

My advice is "screw it". Just live your life and dont worry about it. If you disgrace yourself in front folks who happened to be Jewish- so be it. If not -then fine. the worst thing that could happen is that you will look only as wierd as your sister looks all of the time.

And another thing: no matter how badly you disgrace yourself with this- you still wont look half as wierd as you look to all of us here right now-the nonsensical way you're obsessing about your obsessions like this.