“It is the suburban ordinariness of all this that seems, for a moment, absolutely wonderful, a somewhat Jewish history with no martyrs, no sages, no philosophical torment, the grumpy Almighty not much in evidence; a place of happy banality; much stuck into property disputes, dressing up, weddings and festivals; tough army boys living next door to the even tougher goyishe boatmen of the rough waters; a place of unguents and alleys, throwing stones in the river and lingering under the palms; a time and a world altogether innocent of the romance of suffering. but, wouldn’t you know it, trouble came, all the same.”
-The Story of the Jews, by Simon Schama
i hope you all appreciate this weird old man i saw near my house today, he's what i aspire to be
Murrells Inlet, SC
hey, does anyone have jewish movie suggestions not based around the holocaust?
I was just attending one of my synagogues study nights, and Rabbi M (who ended up staying with us this year due to covid) was telling us about how he does a lot of the cooking and cleaning around his house, what he calls the "more stereotypically female jobs", while Mrs. M does her computer work. And then he told us about how some times, when they're doing shabbes blessings, Mrs. M will do the blessing for a wife, to Rabbi M. I'd like to say that my first thought was "ah, that's sweet/cute". but the singular thought i had was "MALE WIFE"
Hey, in lot of pictures of Rromani people I’ve seen on here, they have flowers hanging in the corners of rooms or by doorways, can I ask what that’s about?
The back says “Compliments of the original”