Eritrean Jew

[aadroma]

from the Wikipedia article on the nation of Eritrea:

There is one last native Jew in Eritrea, formerly from a community of hundreds in Asmara, whose ancestors had crossed from Aden in the late 19th century.[You know, I used to talk about being "the Jew" while growing up, but that was understandably with a bit of hyerbole. This man, however, is

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[bosendorfer_boy]

Forgive me, but is there a Jew-specific usage of "minion" that I'm not familiar with??

[aadroma]

It's me simply not proofing what I write -- it should be minyan, though in most circles "minion" and "minyan" sound nearly identical, hence the typo.

[bosendorfer_boy]

Next question... what's a minyan?

[aadroma]

The Wikipedia article on minyans.

To do an activity like read right from the Torah scroll, you need 10 adult Jewish males in more orthodox Judaism.

[jawnbc]

Minyan shcminyan. When he's dead he's dead.

[bloody___riot]

I lol'd

[hickbear]

Hehehe. Last year, I posted about living down the street from "The" Jewish family in our small town in eastern Kentucky when I was a child. :-}}}}

[chukspace]

Well, he is only the last _native_ Jew. There could be all these imported Jews for his minyan.

Apropos of minyan/minion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAhVyyL3SU