Wind of Change
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I criticise rabbis a lot. Often I am not happy about their decisions, their missing compassion, their unwillingness to put themselves into another person’s position, and most of the time this other person is a woman. I speak out, I challenge them. I’ve had my fights with a few of them and while we all remain civil and act like adults, my experiences are not forgotten.
The rabbis, and …
What do you need that for?
I’ve waited for 3 years.
The past 2 years we spend with Covid and the synagogues were closed. The smaller ones at least. Mine. 2 years ago all we had were Tfillot for Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. Last year we had just started having prayers on Shabbat, but for Succot and Shmini Azeret/Simchat Tora no prayers were planned.
This year things were going to be different. The closer we were getting to Simchat Tora …
Half-full or Half-empty
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Have you been to a synagogue lately?
Or even before Covid.
Germany has more than 100 synagogues. Some cities have more than one. And yet, most of them are empty. This could be explained by a number of things. Young people don’t want to live in small towns, so they go off to study in bigger places. There they stay once they start working, or move to another city, …
Wine and Cheese
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It’s Pessach. Mazza everywhere. Every Jewish household did what we all do – clean. We survived the Sederim and can now enjoy the rest of the Chag. As much as that is possible.
I have been working during Chol HaMoed this year. Meaning, I went to work and spent a lot of time simply looking at Facebook and reading what other people were up to. As I scroll through the …