Grated- and with onion...
And like Brandi I think my family tried to hide our jewish heritage when they came over on the boat. I know they changed the spelling of their name.
As for the religion part, my Grandpa was raised Lutheran, but took on the catholic faith of my portugese grandmother when they married.
As a side bar- It was scandalous at the time that a German man would marry a Portugese woman.. Go Figure?!
But I know there is the jewish faith in there somewhere because I have relative who has that nasty tatoo on her forearm...