Hello from Jerusalem where I have continually assured friends who have been emailing me that we are far from the missiles being launched into Northern Israel. These are not words that I ever imagined having to formulate. It would seem that Israel is at war and all of us are on the edge of our… Continue reading War, Conversion, Modern Orthodoxy, etc.
Chanukah’s been pretty good to me except that is until the final night. I came home to find out that my boyfriend’s little heater wasn’t going to help the below freezing weather in my apartment. Oh yea, for some reason, the heat conked out upon New Year’s. No heat, no hot water. As if that’s… Continue reading Greetings from the Edge
or at least I hope not. I’m trying to get back into the rhythm since my hiatus from Judaism classes and grad school classes because of the high holidays of juggling everything “reasonably well.” So far, so good. My homework has been on time, my work has been good–I WILL pass more students this marking… Continue reading The rhythm is going to get you…
I am starting to see how much I am changing and how much other people in my life are staying the same. This is somewhat difficult on both sides. Where I am excited about my growing Jewish identification, they are confused or perplexed or they trivialize the things that are becoming more and more important… Continue reading The Chasm Widens
The shofar blows and you know you ARE Jewish (even without the prescribed conversion). American Express credits your account $200+ dollars on the second day of Rosh Hashanah because you spent so much, they’re giving you a rebate. Still owe $310 this month but that’s down significantly. Your best friend (stationed in Israel) sends you… Continue reading You know it’s a happy new year when…
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 