A tallit-and-tefillin-wearing woman in a traditional Conservative synagogue?! An unorthodox—and non-orthodox—perspective on Jews and Judaism from a perpetual misfit. This blog, welcoming the entire Jewish community, is dedicated to those who take Judaism seriously, but not necessarily literally.
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Some Chanukah links (videos, etc.)
The Festival of Lights (a poem) (Friday, December 30, 2005) [First published on a Babylon 5 (televised science fiction) message board December 7, 1999.]
Chanukah's last hurray (prior to Shabbat) (Friday, December 18, 2011) Basya Schechter and her Pharoah's Daughter band sing Maoz Tzur (courtesy of a DovBear link), and I finally figure out something about Al HaNissim.
This year's crop of videos comes courtesy of Bad for Shidduchim. I watched the videos that looked interesting to me, and recommend Eight Nights by StandFour, Rock of Ages – Presented by Aish.com (fun --some of the songs being parodied are so old that even I know them :) ), and Haneirot Halalu by Six13, not to mention the "8 Nights of Chanukah" Pella video that some genius has embedded in the comments (how on earth does one do that?!). See her full list--you may like some of her other choices, too.
Once upon a time, I belonged to a left-wing egalitarian Conservative synagogue, where I was one of a number of women who wore a tallit—and one of the few members who used an Orthodox prayer book (adding the Mothers, of course). Having moved since then, I now belong to a right-wing traditional Conservative synagogue, where I’m almost always the only woman wearing a tallit—and one of the few members who adds the Mothers. I seem destined to be forever . . . on the fringe.
2 Comments:
Here's one more:
http://hezbos.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-chanuka-dreidel.html
That's not exactly a video, but thanks, anyway.
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