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Today after school instead of talking to my friends on the phone, I was on hold with judaism.com asking them about ordering a pulpit siddur for the minyan that I am in charge of at school...My life is Jewish.
Today, my Christian English teacher called me a good Jew for questioning the crazy people calling Obama the Anti-Christ. MLIJ
Today, I read the statement "Let Life Begin", and instead of the verb "Begin" (start, perform the first part of an action or activity) I read it as "Begin", as in Menachem Begin, former Prime Minister of Israel who achieved peace with Egypt. My life is Jewish.
Today, I was reading the Jewish news. There was an advertisment for a "kosher style" bagel place. The ad read Chag Sameach, Happy Passover! It's Rosh Hashana. MLIJ.
Last January, my boyfriend broke up with me to become shomer negiah. MLIJ.
Today, my Hebrew class started at 8:35 instead of 8:20 because morning minyan ran late. MLIJ
Today, my roommate hung up a Steelers poster on his closet. I hung up a Chabad Jewish Calendar. MLIJ
Today, some guys at my school tried to get me to participate in the Nearly Naked Mile run on Friday. I tried to explain to them that it's Hoshana Rabbah. MLIJ.
Today (actually last week), I went to the Lower East Side of NY, bought a lulav and etrog, went to get fresh kosher dill pickles, and then topped it off with the Kosher Pastrami sandwich. MLIJ
Today, my statistics teacher asked us to raise our hand if one of our parents is a doctor. The only two kids to raise their hands were me and the other Jewish kid. MLIJ
Today, I realized that the most common names in my phone are Ben (12), Josh (8), Rabbi (7), Adam (6), and David (6). MLIJ
Today, I was walking to Hillel with rosh hashana musaf playing on my ipod in one ear. I was using the other ear to make phone calls begging people to come to minyan. MLIJ
Today, I thought I saw Hebrew on the drinks list at Starbucks. It actually just said Chai Tea. MLIJ
Today, I had a panic attack when I was on my computer because I suddenly realized that I was breaking Shabbat. Then I remembered it was Sunday. MLIJ
Today, I was complaining to my Catholic friend that I was bored. He told me to go read Torah. I did. MLIJ
Today, I was at selichot services at my shul. The governor of Ohio was there and he said Yam Kipper instead of Yom Kippur. I chuckled. MLIJ
Today, I found a penny on the ground. I picked it up. MLIJ
Today, my rabbi friended me on Facebook. MLIJ.
Today, I thought I heard a fire alarm. It turns out my dad was practicing shofar. My life is Jewish.