Friday, September 18, 2009
L¹Shanah Tovah Tikatevu, by the way
As my Irish lapsed Catholic best friend just reminded me. Me, I was all like: Huh? Oh, um, yeah. You, too.
"bad Jew, no matzoh"
Seriously, the closest thing I know from Jewish tradition is the ancient ritual of Chinese Food And A Movie at Christmas. I mean I did use some of the holidays to stay out of school when I was a kid, but I would've used Arbor Day if I could've gotten away with it. We certainly didn't go to synagogue or anything like that-well, for a year or so when it seemed like a good structured way to get me out of the house, we did, as a social thing. No one in my family's been observant on either side as far back as I've known anyone (i.e. grandparents and one great-grandparent).
Which, in itself, is actually sort of a tradition among the Ashkenazim, I suppose.
Truthfully I find the God of the Old Testament hard to connect to; canon-speaking, I prefer that Jesus dude (less crazy about the books/dudes who came after him). It's just, culturally, well, I've tried to go to church, even the most progressive ones, and there's...something...about the culture of it that just doesn't land. Like, at all. MCC, Unitarians-admire the idea, like the sermons, still not feelin' it.
Whereas I can go to synagogue and generally feel more connected with the general vibe/people, especially after the service, but the service itself tends to leave me cold.
and neo-paganism, I have determined, is probably not for me either.
I guess I'm sort of an agnostic mystic at this point. I like the idea of having a regular practice of some sort, not to mention a community, but, well. We'll see.
L'shana Tova U'metuka!
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I faffed about for years and only found what works for me by luck and bloody accident. So best wishes on the, y'know, faffing about.
In a case of occasional lunar calendar syncretism, tomorrow is Eid ul-Fitr too.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Chinese food and a movie thing, I think it's kind of a tradition that extends to non-Christian communities in the West in general, as I remember doing that sort of thing as a child (and I still do it).
Shnat bri'ut.
ReplyDeleteAm I a bad Jew for not knowing those holidays unless my grandmother calls me and wishes me a happy New Year? At least I have more Jewish tradition than you. In my family we used to do a Seder every Passover, where we would skip the more boring parts of the Hagadah and eat non-kosher food.
We used to go to Seder at friends', at least for a few years. I remember them as being excruciating.
ReplyDeleteI also went to a couple "nontraditional" Seders as an adult. not for a few years tho'.
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