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Manifestor_of_Light

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22. I knew a mikvah is a ritual bath--no stinkin' converts!! Clean ones!

Reply to Meshuga (Reply #20)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:13 PM

Oct 2012

Whiny, wimpy and bad at sports

I remember my dad telling me that Sandy Koufax refused to pitch in the World Series on Yom Kippur, because that was a sacred religious holiday. He was very admiring of a man sticking to his principles.

We were secular; raised Presbys but basically agnostic. Grew up in postwar suburbia. The only Jews in town were doctors.

My grandmother, my mom and dad were all atheists when they died. They believed there was nothing after death. And they were down with it. They had peace of mind.

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Nobody spoke to me but a Jew for Jesus. Twice. [View all] Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 OP

It sucks. Betsy Ross Aug 2012 #1

We have ..... meti57b Aug 2012 #2

one conservative, one reform. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 #3

Have you thought about letting THEM know? Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #4

I wrote letters to both temples. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #8

That is unfortunate Meshuga Oct 2012 #5

My spouse wanted to convert the second time, at the Classical Reform synagogue. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #6

I am so sorry for your experience Meshuga Oct 2012 #9

We never converted, never joined, never paid dues. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #10

LOL Meshuga Oct 2012 #11

I want to emphasize that the rabbi was cool. He was not the problem. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #12

That is usually the case Meshuga Oct 2012 #14

I would have made a good Reform Jew but they blew it. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #13

And that is a huge problem with the movement Meshuga Oct 2012 #15

Thanks! High five to ya!! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #16

A Beit Din is a Jewish court Meshuga Oct 2012 #17

Oh okay!! Cool! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #18

No that is something else Meshuga Oct 2012 #20

I knew a mikvah is a ritual bath--no stinkin' converts!! Clean ones! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #22

Thanks so very much for the badly needed humor!! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #19

No, thank you for the needed humor! :-) Meshuga Oct 2012 #21

The classical reform rabbi did NOT reject me--the Board did. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #7