Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
Jules Gutin came to talk to our program this past weekend. He's the Director of Youth Activities for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Basically, he's a huge deal. He talked to us about the Conservative Movement: its beliefs, its unique positions on things, and the difference between the movement and the people in the movement. It made me think a lot (maybe too much) about myself. I stressed out a lot this weekend.
So, obviously I didn't go to a private Jewish school like about seventy percent of the people here. And I never kept kosher or Shabbat or went to shul every week. And I didn't do USY, which is the conservative movent's youth group. About 95 percent of people did USY, so they've been exposed to so much more of the Jewish religion and traditions and everything than I have been.
I'm not feeling left out, I just wish that my parents took Judaism more seriously. I wish I had more friends that were Jewish and I wish I didn't feel like a poser every morning when we do our Tfillot (prayers). It's frustrating, to say the least.
This rant probably doesn't mean anything to anyone reading it. And I really can't explain it any better. I just wish that I knew more and was more observantly Jewish. ARGG
Lol. I love the effect of being surrounded by Jewish teens.
School's great, I picked classes yesterday. Along with the required freshman writing class (which i'm trying to exempt from) and more hebrew classes, I'm taking Israeli Foreign Policy, Intro to Jewish Mysticism, Emergence of the Modern Middle East, and Issues in Israeli Society and Politics. I'm really excited about them all!
I joined the University gym today, and I went swimming for the first time for a while. So now, I'm exhausted. I'm going to bed soon. Like now.
Goodnight!!
So, obviously I didn't go to a private Jewish school like about seventy percent of the people here. And I never kept kosher or Shabbat or went to shul every week. And I didn't do USY, which is the conservative movent's youth group. About 95 percent of people did USY, so they've been exposed to so much more of the Jewish religion and traditions and everything than I have been.
I'm not feeling left out, I just wish that my parents took Judaism more seriously. I wish I had more friends that were Jewish and I wish I didn't feel like a poser every morning when we do our Tfillot (prayers). It's frustrating, to say the least.
This rant probably doesn't mean anything to anyone reading it. And I really can't explain it any better. I just wish that I knew more and was more observantly Jewish. ARGG
Lol. I love the effect of being surrounded by Jewish teens.
School's great, I picked classes yesterday. Along with the required freshman writing class (which i'm trying to exempt from) and more hebrew classes, I'm taking Israeli Foreign Policy, Intro to Jewish Mysticism, Emergence of the Modern Middle East, and Issues in Israeli Society and Politics. I'm really excited about them all!
I joined the University gym today, and I went swimming for the first time for a while. So now, I'm exhausted. I'm going to bed soon. Like now.
Goodnight!!