Comments on: Why so many tallit buyers from Oregon? https://www.tallit-shop.com/2013/buy-tallit-oregon/ Tallit & Tzitzit Experts Thu, 08 May 2014 11:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chaya https://www.tallit-shop.com/2013/buy-tallit-oregon/comment-page-1/#comment-14272 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:40 +0000 http://www.tallit-shop.com/?p=6371#comment-14272 Did you ever figure out the talit mystery? It might be because there are Messianic temples in Oregon.
I’m doing a report on those area about Jewish population there, and would love to know if you can help.
Maybe we can solve this by looking at the last names?

Thanks,

Chaya

Ben’s reply:
Interesting hypothesis, but I don’t think so because there are usually telltale signs that tip me off when I get an order from a Jew for J (nowadays called “Messianic Jews). Of course even if the name is Chris Jones I don’t conclude unequivocally that the customer is not Jewish, but Messianics tend to toss in Hebrew words, extend gushy blessings and add friendly notes with a je-ne-sais-quoi Waspiness.

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