I joked that I can be a bit flighty. As if to prove my authenticity, I stood up and the remainder of my hot pot soup somehow landed squarely in my lap, upside down…broth, oil, vegetables, chicken and…
Tag: transformation
SHOMER SHABBOS: can I do it?
I started weekly Shabbat dinners for our unusual family…my two sons, myself, my ex-husband, and then later, my teenage son began inviting his friends. It became a…
LOOPY, a JEWISH Teaching & Anesthesia
It makes me question how much and how little I really know. We accept so much as de facto truth and then build our worlds on that assumption. This little mind-bend poked a…
AN AMERICAN DREAM & catcher of the fallen angels
She lived in the Bronx, he lived in the South Bronx. My dad got by on his good looks and predominant strong-silent-type charm. Also, being a good dancer went a long way back in the 30s and 40s. However it did not transfer into his financial life. My father…
A CATHOLIC, A JEW and a life changing chat
I used to feel safer if there was no G-d, because then at least I thought the playing field would be even…in this game, there would be no referee calling unfair plays on me. If you are like I was, you don’t want to hear people talking about…
BASEBALL, G0D & DISCO?
I didn’t always believe in God. If you’ve read my earlier stories, you might surmise I hoped there was no God. From that vantage point, I thought the odds of a good life were better if life were just a crap shoot. At least then we’d all be squared off without a cheating ump or Read More
LEAVING JUDAISM? a turning point
Sometimes it takes a bad experience to turn us around. Although I had basically no Jewish affiliation and was far along the secular continuum, our four year old son attended a Jewish pre-school. Now that we had children I thought I should try to offer them some kind of Jewish community/identity. I certainly didn’t feel qualified Read More
DISILLUSIONED: and cracking open
Sam was extremely good looking. A very good dancer with a twinkle in his eye, dancing was big when he was growing up and he was a star on the dance floor. While his good looks and light-footed charm earned him some ease in life, Sam also faced hard lessons. Rifka, his mom, had experienced Read More
FOR MORE BACKGROUND
Readers have told me they would like more background. For boomers like me, here’s how. On a smart phone, hit the three horizontal lines under the title, “Vivi’s Jewish Adventures”. WHAT & WHY and ABOUT ME will pop up for more information. Credits and helpful links are listed under RESOURCES. You can subscribe at the Read More