u/Electrical_Moment541

Asking as an American who's lurked here long enough to get the "Are you a Catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew?" bit. But seriously, what was life like for people from other religious backgrounds? How did they choose where to live, what schools to attend, what social and community activities to join? I'm guessing these decisions depended on personal circumstances and obviously no one group is a monolith. I'd love to hear about general patterns observed or any personal stories.

Just a guess but I could imagine other Christian sects aligning more with the closest mainstream group, ie. Mormons/LDS with Protestants and Orthodox Christians with Catholics. Would this be accurate? What about those of non-Christian faiths like Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism?

I'm also wondering how many people we'd be talking about, knowing next to nothing about the demographics or immigration statistics during this time. Would such communities have been extremely small to non-existent? Thanks!

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u/Electrical_Moment541 — 12 days ago