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Today's #book #excerpt comes from Since Sinai by Shannon Gonyou. Read it here:

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A Personal Journey Part of my required reading for this Thursday's Judaism for Adults class is an article by Neil Gilman regarding the divisions between different Jewish traditions, most notably traditionalism and libe…

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Scripture as Song At the rate I'm going, I will go bankrupt buying books on Judaism. Because there is SO MUCH I want to explore and read more of. One of the readings for this Thursday's Judaism for Adults class is a…

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A Personal Journey Had my first Judaism for Adults class tonight and I’ve never been so unprepared for a class in my life! I must had fallen off the mailing list because I never got the syllabus and reading list. I apo…

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A Personal Journey I had the interesting new experience of being the “is this antisemitic?” friend this week. I appreciated it because I’m used to going to others to check. Turning it around gave me a very different un…

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A ★★★½ review of Conquering Time – Ágnes Keleti (2022) Watching with the community at CBI in Charlottesville. Nobody’s thrown me out yet. Exceptional documentary of an amazing woman.

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I’m glad I went. It was worth the extra stress and I got to see a former coworker I haven’t seen since she retired. #jewishbychoice #jewishfilm #kijiconverts

There's a movie tonight at the synagogue, but I'm so tired. T_T Trying to socialize is really hard for me, especially when I've been at work all day.
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Jewish Film Study Started as a discussion in r/Judaism for movie recommendations. I started working on this list because of a conversation in r/Judaism, but I’ve been adding to it as I find more movies I’d like to in…

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A Personal Journey Several years ago, I had a dream. I dreamed I was lost in a massive bookstore, a used bookstore that took up several city blocks. As I wandered through it, I had this urgent feeling like I was lookin…

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A Personal Journey I’ve been turning my thoughts toward the upcoming Christian holidays because my in laws have a very conservative outlook and a tradition they expect every year. Every year, my MIL passes around a bo…

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A Personal Journey I watched the Dybbuk a few days ago, much to my delight. I found the Kino Classics Blu-ray collection called “Jewish Soul” which includes a bunch of Yiddish film that’s hard to find. I’m watching it…

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A Personal Journey As I ate my Shabbat dinner, I reflected on the idea of eating as a mitzah. I know it was specifically in context as eating during a fast when you have to in order to support your life, but it’s somet…

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A Personal Journey I’m so discouraged right now. I was all set to attend my first in-person service tonight, feeling good and strong and healthy for a change, no migraines for three weeks, a great meeting with Rabbi To…

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A Personal Journey Had my first meeting with Rabbi Tom today. Delightful man, very easy to talk to. He’s recommended me for his Judaism for Adults class and said he looked forward to seeing me there. He invited me to s…

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A Personal Journey So. Things I learned from my first Yom Kippur fast. I can make it all day without food. I cannot manage it without water, especially if I have to work. By noon, my lips were chapped and my mouth wa…

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