Jewish Musings, Friday 8/23

[lee058]

What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.


Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:


Frieda (hopefully)?
Holly
Lee
Louise
Lynne
Peachy




And for those of you that stop by to read this thread without posting — you are welcome to, but you are also welcome to chime in. Don’t be shy!

[lee058]

Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well and SAFE! Please pray for Israel.

I'm all excited; I just had a phone call that my new glasses are ready! I think DS and I will go get them and also go out for lunch. I'm not sure what I want to eat, but the place we're thinking about going to has a lot to choose from. Maybe I will get an eggplant parmesan sandwich, yum. Or an omelette. It's been ages since we've been there, but they're just a couple of doors away from the opticians, so it would be very convenient. Yum!

Today's topic: What are some rights that you feel particularly intense about?

For me, the Bill of Rights covers a great many things that are dear to my heart. It's amazing that they still ring so true.

I care a lot about my freedom to be Jewish and follow Judaism how I feel. I also feel very strongly about the separation of church and state, and there not being religion in schools, especially since it would almost certainly be politically influenced. As a member of a tiny minority, I don't want schools to be propaganda machines.

I am glad that I can believe and say what I think.

Although our political system is not perfect, I'm glad that I live in a "blue" state where I feel much freer than if I lived in a state that restricted women's abilities to choose what we want to do.

I'm glad that my family came to the USA so many years ago!!

Oh, there are so many things I could write about that I feel I have barely scratched the surface. I am grateful to be an American!!

Have a peaceful day, Lee

PS --- I hope you enjoyed this week; I know I did.

[peachymom1]

Thanks for a fun week, Lee, I've enjoyed it.

I agree with everything you wrote. I feel that people should be free to live their own selves, their own identities, and be able to be who they are.

I'm up to my eyeballs on a project right now, hopefully I can come back later, but if not, everyone have a wonderful weekend. Shabbat shalom!

[hollygail]

The first things that came to mind were women's rights. It occurred to me recently (possibly for the second time in my life) that my mother was born before women had the right to vote in the US. She was born in 1908; women were given the right to vote in 1920, but she was too young then and in 1924 and 1928. She didn't turn 21 until 1929. Abortion wasn't legal in the US until 1973; I knew enough women who had had abortions prior to that, and only one by leaving the country to have a legal abortion overseas. I can't believe the Supreme Court had the chutzpah to overturn Roe v Wade; talk about a shandeh! (Yiddish for "shame," but not the kind in "oh, what a shame that dress is too big for you" but rather in the sense of "you should be ashamed of yourself for doing such a stupid thing! You know better!")

If I'm not back later, let me say now how interesting your topics are, Lee, regardless of which week you lead! This week was no excepton.

Gut Shabbos / Shabbat Shalom, all!

[louise]

And it's so scary how our rights may be in jeopardy! We are in a very fragile state.