Neither an Ashkenazim nor Sephardim be. Here’s an interesting article about the first South Asian to head a US synagogue. A short introduction to South Asian Jews as well. The Revealer has a good post called “Who’s a Jew?” It’s about a Muslim. My wife is a big fan of Ali and Nino and has been trying to get me to read it for a while. The question of authenticity is hard enough within a religious tradition, especially as different interpretations of the same faith come into contact. Then you throw in inter-faith issues and have people from outside any…
Thanks for this essay — I enjoyed it and found it both thought-provoking and resonant.
I also think the writer is a good example of the secular majority of American Muslims.
http://www.ilaam.net/Opinions/SecularMajority.html