I was going to use a different word, but it didn't feel quite right to toss that up there with a word that means my favourite day of the week. It's a combination of things I guess - federal election being called in Canada, and knowing that with all the hate on for our PM … Continue reading Feeling Shoddy on Shabbat
Category: reform judaism
Returning to Judaism (for the first time)
Yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of my conversion to Judaism. If you go by the Jewish calendar, it would be in 4 days from now on 15 Adar. I was five at the time - there I go, aging myself! - and I was terrified of going in the water of the mikveh for my … Continue reading Returning to Judaism (for the first time)
>Always the Wanderer
>If I was crazy, would I truly know it? Is the fact that I question it often a sign of sanity? Or is it instead, just an awareness of INsanity?I grew up religion-less. Not only did we have no real religious upbringing, but there was no spirituality either. Not that rare in Western Canada.My mother … Continue reading >Always the Wanderer