I did not realise the paparazi was even near us:) There are lots of celebreties who get even more embarassing photos of themselves in the newspapers for everybody to see. It is not obvious that your kippah is not in the right position. I came late and I think I missed what Rabbi Chaim Wener said. I also guess it was meant as a wake up call. I know he supports egalitarism as he goes to Assif. Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is the one who does not like being in an egalitarian service. He said something about that on normal Shabbat when there was a short session with "Ask the Rabbis". What he said I disagreed with but I had no chance to say so. He said in an egalitarian people talked too much and paid less attention. I found exactly vice versa. Everybody participates in Assif and nobody talks whilst in Jonathan's minyan people talk especially the women. It was more like the United Shuls. They feel excluded and therefore not obligated to follow the service.
On the Masorti Olami Conference nobody had a chance to ask questions. I found it harsh that Rabbi Jeremy Gordon was so much against intermarriage. There are a lot of people in St Albans he used to be the Rabbi of who are married to non-Jews. We live in a world where it is hard to find the right partner. Jews are still a minority. It is more likely to end up with a non-Jew. I am sure these people did not like the idea of staying alone for the rest of their lives. I am worried about it myself. Finding just a boy-friend is hard enough. I am looking for a Jewish one. Sometimes I regret getting so much involved in Judaism that I could not think and change my life style anymore to a regular atheist one. I was not interested in that way when I already lived a Jewish life style. It is even harder finding a Jew who cares about a Jewish life style. I was very tired and there was a lot to take in. I would have liked that people had the opportunity to ask questions. If they ask questions I often understand and remember the things better they just talked about.
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Date: 2010-04-13 12:47 pm (UTC)There are lots of celebreties who get even more embarassing photos of themselves in the newspapers for everybody to see. It is not obvious that your kippah is not in the right position.
I came late and I think I missed what Rabbi Chaim Wener said. I also guess it was meant as a wake up call. I know he supports egalitarism as he goes to Assif. Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is the one who does not like being in an egalitarian service. He said something about that on normal Shabbat when there was a short session with "Ask the Rabbis". What he said I disagreed with but I had no chance to say so. He said in an egalitarian people talked too much and paid less attention. I found exactly vice versa. Everybody participates in Assif and nobody talks whilst in Jonathan's minyan people talk especially the women. It was more like the United Shuls. They feel excluded and therefore not obligated to follow the service.
On the Masorti Olami Conference nobody had a chance to ask questions. I found it harsh that Rabbi Jeremy Gordon was so much against intermarriage. There are a lot of people in St Albans he used to be the Rabbi of who are married to non-Jews. We live in a world where it is hard to find the right partner. Jews are still a minority. It is more likely to end up with a non-Jew. I am sure these people did not like the idea of staying alone for the rest of their lives. I am worried about it myself. Finding just a boy-friend is hard enough. I am looking for a Jewish one. Sometimes I regret getting so much involved in Judaism that I could not think and change my life style anymore to a regular atheist one. I was not interested in that way when I already lived a Jewish life style. It is even harder finding a Jew who cares about a Jewish life style.
I was very tired and there was a lot to take in. I would have liked that people had the opportunity to ask questions. If they ask questions I often understand and remember the things better they just talked about.