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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.
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.
Steve Jobs did not exit the womb with a computer chip in his mouth. Warren Buffet was not born holding a stock tip, and Thomas Edison didn't change the light bulb above his crib.
My favorite costume at the "Families Belong Together" protest was someone dressed as a dinosaur, with a sign that said: Walls didn't work at Jurassic Park either.
And yet, the simple truth, *my* simple truth, is that I honestly don't care if Sinai was a historical fact.
“I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn’t like it. I didn’t inhale ....” Bill Clinton "When I was a kid... I inhaled... frequently. I mean that was the point." Barack Obama Actually, I did a lot more than inhale. In fact, looking back on it, I should be dead.
One semester when I was 9 or 10, I decided I would get all A's.. to please my mother.
An interview with Yonatan Attias, lead singer of the band Nuriel.
A Jew of color who grew up during the Civil Rights movement describes why she has chosen to march in Selma in the Trump era.
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