Thank you, Jewess. Now I have my second favourite thing about being Jewish. And I’m done my countdown! My #2 thing is that we don’t missionize. I think that, like #1 (that we believe in the sanctity of life), if people didn’t believe in converting the whole world to their religions, there wouldn’t be half [...]
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My top 10 things about being Jewish: #2… and I’m done!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What I love most about being Jewish: #5, 4, 3… (in the countdown)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged jewish discussion, judaism, shabbat, what i love about being jewish, what is a jew?, who is a jew? on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sorry I’ve fallen behind. So much has been going on. But I haven’t forgotten about Blog Midrash nor about the countdown. I’ve gotten some great ideas from people over the last week or so and so, my next three are:
5: We aren’t easily defined. It keeps some of the mystery, the fact that we aren’t [...]
Seriously, what century do they live in?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anti-Semitism, jews and money, steriotypes, to jew me on June 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I know it’s naive to expect something different from a guy living in 2009 in Canada but I can’t help it! I was so surprised to find the guy in this craigslist ad use the saying, “to jew me.”
Here it is!
The seder as 15 steps to freedom
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I really like the aish.com article by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Seder Plate – 15 Steps. He tries to show how each of the 15 steps of the seder is a step towards the ultimate freedom of the mind and soul. Using lots of his ideas, I am going to go through all the steps here. [...]
