Friday, July 24, 2009
Change of plans
So yes, I started this blog over a year ago in order to document my conversion process.
Said process is currently on hiatus due to what I believe is a misunderstanding between my sponsoring rabbi and me as to a certain aspect of converting, as well as the need to finish a large project that has a fast-approaching deadline.
In short-term hindsight, I'm rather glad that I didn't follow through with my original intention, because, if anybody actually read this, there might be awkward questions with which to deal, and we just can't have that.
But I haven't given up on the idea of blogging about my experience of Judaism, and I certainly don't intend to give up on anything called "Death and Wine."
I'm still attending Torah study at our synagogue fairly regularly, and I'm still reading plenty and learning constantly, so I'm intending for this blog to document my Jewish journey, and the conversion portion will happen when it does.
To that end, I finally saw the 1971 movie of Fiddler on the Roof. (Nowhere did I say this would consist only of deep and meaningful posts, did I now?) Loved it, found it interesting that all the songs everyone knows are in the first act, with the second act taking a turn for the depressing-yet-ultimately-hopeful, and mildly surprised to learn that there isn't actually a song called "Fiddler on the Roof", even though one appears in the book of vocal selections.
C was distressed to find that Topol has a first name and refused to let me say what it is. C should therefore not click through to the cast page for the touring production. The tour is Coming To A Theatre Near Us at some point, and I really want to see it live.
L'chaim!
Said process is currently on hiatus due to what I believe is a misunderstanding between my sponsoring rabbi and me as to a certain aspect of converting, as well as the need to finish a large project that has a fast-approaching deadline.
In short-term hindsight, I'm rather glad that I didn't follow through with my original intention, because, if anybody actually read this, there might be awkward questions with which to deal, and we just can't have that.
But I haven't given up on the idea of blogging about my experience of Judaism, and I certainly don't intend to give up on anything called "Death and Wine."
I'm still attending Torah study at our synagogue fairly regularly, and I'm still reading plenty and learning constantly, so I'm intending for this blog to document my Jewish journey, and the conversion portion will happen when it does.
To that end, I finally saw the 1971 movie of Fiddler on the Roof. (Nowhere did I say this would consist only of deep and meaningful posts, did I now?) Loved it, found it interesting that all the songs everyone knows are in the first act, with the second act taking a turn for the depressing-yet-ultimately-hopeful, and mildly surprised to learn that there isn't actually a song called "Fiddler on the Roof", even though one appears in the book of vocal selections.
C was distressed to find that Topol has a first name and refused to let me say what it is. C should therefore not click through to the cast page for the touring production. The tour is Coming To A Theatre Near Us at some point, and I really want to see it live.
L'chaim!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
In case you're wondering...
Why "Death and Wine"?
C and I were talking about the etymology of "kaddish" and "kiddush", and C said, "You like Judaism because it's about death and wine! You should make that the title of your blog."
"Yeah, OK!" says I.
C and I were talking about the etymology of "kaddish" and "kiddush", and C said, "You like Judaism because it's about death and wine! You should make that the title of your blog."
"Yeah, OK!" says I.
Shalom
Hello. My name is Anath.
Well, not really. "Anath" means "answer" in Hebrew, and I am starting this blog to chronicle the process of my conversion to Judaism. I chose the pseudonym not because I think I have answers, but because I expect I'll be asking questions for a very long time.
I'm not exactly starting at the beginning of my journey here. My first meeting with our rabbi was right after the last High Holy Days, and I've been poking around at my assigned reading and the Hebrew alphabet ever since, which means I've already been through half of the Jewish year. And I suppose the beginning of my journey was really long before that.
But for now, my name is Anath. I have a Jewish-by-birth spouse, C and a Jewish-by-choice best friend, H. C and I attend a Reform synagogue which has four rabbis and a cantor. I was raised to be a casual atheist by a retired Catholic and a lapsed Presbyterian, who are trying their best to understand how I ended up on this path. I'm trying my best to understand it as well.
Well, not really. "Anath" means "answer" in Hebrew, and I am starting this blog to chronicle the process of my conversion to Judaism. I chose the pseudonym not because I think I have answers, but because I expect I'll be asking questions for a very long time.
I'm not exactly starting at the beginning of my journey here. My first meeting with our rabbi was right after the last High Holy Days, and I've been poking around at my assigned reading and the Hebrew alphabet ever since, which means I've already been through half of the Jewish year. And I suppose the beginning of my journey was really long before that.
But for now, my name is Anath. I have a Jewish-by-birth spouse, C and a Jewish-by-choice best friend, H. C and I attend a Reform synagogue which has four rabbis and a cantor. I was raised to be a casual atheist by a retired Catholic and a lapsed Presbyterian, who are trying their best to understand how I ended up on this path. I'm trying my best to understand it as well.
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