My Conversion Story (Briefly!) In March of 2004 I took the plunge. Literally. Actually, the story starts a little earlier–October ’02 to be exact. I vividly remember walking from the train station to Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple for my appointment with the rabbi. I thought I might want to be Jewish. I was nervous. What [...]
? We recently saw (and enjoyed) the movie I ♥ Huckabees. It reminded me of the following old Hasidic fable, which a good friend introduced to us:
Okay, you caught me in a fib. That’s not a real sign. I made it with Ryland Sanders‘ excellent church sign generator. (He’s also got a great on-line gallery of real church signs; you get 4 points if you find the photo I submitted.)
? Some Hasidim of the Maggid of Mezheritz came to him. “Rebbe, we are puzzled. It says in the Talmud that we must thank God as much for the bad days, as for the good. How can that be? What would our gratitude mean, if we gave it equally for the good and the bad?” [...]
I had another “Weekend of Firsts.” And a very Christian one, at that. On Saturday, we were lucky enough to be invited to our friend’s Episcopal baptism (it was a great moment to share with her, and nice to see how at home she was in her new religion). First time attending a church service. [...]
