On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:27:48 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> Tracy > wrote:
>
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> > I've never met a Jewish person who eats ham (or anything from a pig,
>> > period). Seems to me that if one knows in advance that there will be
>> > Jewish folks to feed at a shindig one is hosting, it doesn't take a
>> > rocket scientist to figure out that serving ham would be somewhat
>> > inappropriate - and ill mannered of the host, to boot.
>>
>> I know plenty of Jewish people who eat pork or don't keep kosher.
>
>I know plenty of Jewish people who aren't Jewish.

Huh?

The vast majority of Jews do not keep kosher but they are still
Jewish... keeping kosher is optional.