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Questions, questions, questions
We have our first meeting with a Rabbi tonight, and I am both excited and terrified. He is apparently conservative and runs numerous classes for those considering conversion. Some questions I intend to ask: 1. What are the positive and negative things about choosing a conservative synagogue for conversion? My understanding is that some orthodox…
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First Rosh Hoshannah Reflections
I went to my first Rosh Hashanah services this weekend with E. As my previous post mentions, we choose the services at Georgetown which were, I guess, conservative in nature (Mixed seating, mostly in Hebrew, no acoustic guitars). The place was packed with students and families. A couple of observations on the holiday and services:…
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Rosh Hashanah Reflections
I went to my first Rosh Hashanah services this weekend with E. As my previous post mentions, we choose the services at Georgetown which were, I guess, conservative in nature (Mixed seating, mostly in Hebrew, no acoustic guitars). The place was packed with students and families. A couple of observations on the holiday and services:…
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First Rosh Hoshannah
Rosh Hoshannah starts tonight, and E and I will be celebrating it in our home. Tomorrow, we’ll be going to services at the Jewish Center at Georgetown. Much discussion went into where we’d be going for these services. In years past, E has gone to a more orthodox congregation, one that has a mehitzah. This…
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“But since I was the only one who could do it, I tried my best.”
Extremely moving article in the New York Times today about Max Fuchs, the man who was the cantor at the first Sabbath service in Germany since Hitler came to power. “We bring you now a special broadcast of historic significance: The first Jewish religious service broadcast from Germany since the advent of Hitler.” Mr. Fuchs,…
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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hoshannah starts tonight, and E and I will be celebrating it in our home. Tomorrow, we’ll be going to services at the Jewish Center at Georgetown. Much discussion went into where we’d be going for these services. In years past, E has gone to a more conservative congregation, one that has a mehitzah. This…
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Friday Inspiration
This will be the second weekend in a row that I am not running. I am going crazy here! And after a couple of days of the pain in my foot feeling better, it is definitely feeling worse today. Great. I think I am out of comission until Tuesday, but while I go stir crazy,…
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Introductions
As our story begins your narrator, me, the Ger, is a thirty four year old man raised in a reasonably observant Irish Catholic home. The Ger was confirmed in the Catholic Church and then basically never went to church again. For years he wasn’t very religious at all. At times, he was downright hostile to…
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