How I Became a Jew: The Conversion Journey
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If My Friends Are ‘Culturally’ Jewish, What Does That Make Me?
Obviously, I understood that choosing a Jewish life meant joining a demographic minority, less than two percent of the U.S. population. What I didn’t understand as deeply is that by choosing a pretty observant Jewish life, I’d be joining a … Continue reading
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Tagged America, ashkenazi, cultural, culture, observance, Prayer, United States
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The Many Faces of Jewish Prayer
Via MyJewishLearning.com: Prayer is the most difficult thing I do all day. Why? I have so much heavy, ugly baggage from growing up in the rural south at the highest (or maybe lowest) point of the Reagan years. My family … Continue reading
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Tagged myjewishlearning, observance, Prayer
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Nisan 5769 ~ April 2009
Note to Self: Next Passover, Take the Whole Week Off. I adore the way this holiday invites us to clean up, clean out, look at what we don’t need, simplify, be humble, and leave our narrow places behind. Between two … Continue reading
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Tagged b'rachot, CRC, exodus, food, observance, passover, shabbat, torah
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Adar 5769 ~ March 2009
This month’s short diary opens with simple gratitude. With thanks for the breath in my body, the love that surrounds me. For the grace that brought me to this journey. For the freedom I have to take it. For my … Continue reading
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Tagged adon olam, aleinu, anita, anita diamant, bible, diamant, exodus, holiday, observance, passover, Prayer, red tent, sh'ma, shabbat, siddur, theology, torah
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Tevet-Sh’vat 5769 ~ January-February 2009
I was on my own on the weekend of January 23rd while Brian was away at a conference, and something happened that, if I’m to be honest about it, scared me more than a little. It was Saturday night. I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged b'racha, blessing, davening, ecstatic, holiday, observance, Prayer, shabbat, tevet, tu b'sh'vat
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Kislev-Tevet 5769 ~ December ’08 to January ’09
Coming Out … Again! I ‘came out’ to my immediate family over the Thanksgiving holiday by letting them in on the conversion. We all live in four different states and find our way to each other only a few times … Continue reading
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Tagged chanukkah, CRC, family, G-d, kiddush, observance, shabbat, theology, torah
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