Beth- re: "culture" not religion - no matter, you be good people!
re: Bat Mitzvah dissuasion - bummer it was slanted re: feminist - how about we call ourselves "humanist" or does that have other meanings? re: "a jew" - I mis-spoke, meant to say that Orthodoxy in Israel doesn't recognize Reform conversions or marriages, I've heard, which means as a Reform I'm "less" of a Jew. Didn't mean it personally/individually, good catch! BTW my mother and her maternal line were all "officially" Jewish although my mother was only "culturally" not religiously. We talked about 4 sects within Judaism - Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Gastronomic. -your friend Ben :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > > Beth- > > > > this is why I'm a Reform Jew. > > I cant' be a reform jew, I dont' believe in the religion. > just the culture. > > > > My daughter had a Bat Mitzvah - not known in Orthodoxy. > > She wore a Tallit (prayer shawl) and Yarmulke. > > She chanted from the Torah. > > > interestingly enough my secular, athiest mother felt my > brother needed a bar > mitzvah but not her daughter. And as "feminist" (hate the > word because its > rife with anti-male sentiment to many people and I am not in any way > anti-men) as I am that is how she raised me. But she felt a > girl didnt' > need a bat mitzvah. She did ask me if I REALLY wanted one, > and told me that > she didnt think I did, so I said no (because of how she asked me). > > > > > I try not to feel "inferior" to Orthodox Jews who hew to > the mitzvot. I > must > > say, though, it bothers me that the Orthodoxy (particularly > in Israel) > tries > > very hard to not only make me feel that way, but to say I > am not really a > > Jew. > > Thats interesting because even the most orthodox of jews > consider me a jew. > A bad jew maybe but a jew nonetheless. > > My friend was asked by her son whether being a jew is being a > religion or > being a race because his teacher taught him its a religion. > She called me > to ask - I said that it wasnt' quite clear but quite frankly > if its passed > via the mother, how could it be just a religion? The teacher > told the kid > he was incorrect and its a religion. Ah well. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
