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.
Sunday, July 10, 2016
The old-fashioned way, & other travel tales
Yes, Virginia, even folks without easy access to an ocean or a pool can go swimming, and here they prove it.
Shira's Shot
Warren Falls, Vermont, July 3, 2016
Also, they don't build bridges like this Massachusetts marvel anymore.
Shira's Shot
Covered bridge, Monday, July 4, 2016
In a restaurant en route to Vermont
Waitress: "We also have white bread and rye bread."
Me: "Oh, I'm sorry--when I say I can't eat wheat, I mean I can't eat anything with flour in it."
It's always been a mystery to me why many motel and hotel beds are so high that, when I get up, I have to straighten my legs almost completely to make my feet reach the floor. In lieu of man-made Independence Day fireworks, I got an interesting shot of "nature's fireworks" from the passenger's side
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:
Sounds like a wonderful trip!
Our summer so far is getting used to parenthood, as we adjust to wonderful (but sleepless) life with our infant twin sons :-)
David, mazal tov to you and your wife, and best of health to all!
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