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Billye Joyce Roberts
JoinedFebruary 28, 2017
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Billye was a kid with a lot of questions about life, the Universe and everything. Now, an older woman - same questions, different day. She converted to Judaism a decade ago, at least partly because it encourages questions. She lives in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia). No kids, no pets, lots of quilts.
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Romance, Morality And Shabbat Dinner

Billye Joyce Roberts·8 min read
I was at a Shabbat dinner awhile back where, at some random point, one of the men there said he'd watched the movie Casablanca for the first time. "I heard it was romantic. But I didn't think so. I thought it was immoral."

Do I Get to be Bat Mitzvah Six Times?

Billye Joyce Roberts·8 min read
I'm a convert who came to Judaism later in life, so I didn't have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony at all. But this month I am twelve (times six)
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Thoughts When You Can’t Even Deal With Laundry

Billye Joyce Roberts·4 min read
Who's got time to worry about destiny? I mean, how am I going to end homelessness if I can't even deal with the laundry?

Here There Be Racist Dragons

Billye Joyce Roberts·10 min read
I figured out what I most liked about the book Ariel Samson, Freelance Rabbi on its last page, in its very last line.

Not Coping Well With a Whole Month of That

Billye Joyce Roberts·10 min read
I did not have a good run up to, or a good time during, the High Holidays. The rain and the mosquitoes made hanging out in a sukkah a lot less fun than it was supposed to be.
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Two Funerals… Forty Years

Billye Joyce Roberts·13 min read
I remember standing with my sister on the steps of the funeral home having a violent argument with the rest of Daddy's family on the day of his funeral.
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A Quilt & A Death Connected Me To The Spirit of Elul

Billye Joyce Roberts·7 min read
It is Elul, that month for soul searching and review of one’s spiritual progress. I wasn't feeling it. At. All.

It Was Dark, They Had 106 Miles to Travel, And They Were Wearing Sunglasses

Billye Joyce Roberts·8 min read
Throughout the Blues Brothers movie, Elwood keep repeating this line: We're on a mission from G-d.

I Read Tehillim in My Favorite Bar

Billye Joyce Roberts·10 min read
My Rav doesn't understand about my bartender. I haven't ever had the chance to tell him this, but I think G-d draws me to this young man. I think She wants me to tell him something.
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Completely Weirdly Wildly Magical Mystical

Billye Joyce Roberts·8 min read
I never saw any bright, shining lights in the relationships I was surrounded by growing up. But I've read about bashert, the Jewish ideal of finding the person you were meant to marry. It seemed like an interesting idea.
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