tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264466425852261124.post336692404910747429..comments2023-08-13T03:05:04.138-07:00Comments on 43rdYear: Continued: Shavuot 2010: Shalom, Salaam, PeaceMrs L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02903193675545857382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264466425852261124.post-88907436947876722622010-05-27T16:10:23.470-07:002010-05-27T16:10:23.470-07:00Reading this excellent post led me to think of my ...Reading this excellent post led me to think of my own non-religious upbringing. I was a WASP surrounded by Jews in downtown New York. All my buddies were Jewish as were most of my girlfriends and, later in life, my step mother and half sister. Watching my 10th generation Mayflower father become a serious scholar of Jewish history and the Torah in preparation for my sister's Bat Mitzvah taught me that its never too late to start that education, just as it it's never too late to experience the warm embrace of the Jewish faith, even for an atheist such as myself. Your new pursuit in adulthood is a beautiful thing, and inspiring...chris daynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264466425852261124.post-15826076410027879962010-05-24T17:40:45.758-07:002010-05-24T17:40:45.758-07:00these issues are so sensitive- they are so polaris...these issues are so sensitive- they are so polarised, as you do point out- your post was eloquent and articulate as always, and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it. x shaymaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316092310251306421noreply@blogger.com