Thank you for expressing what you are feeling with honest, depth with levity tossed in (very Jewish of you). The Yemenite music is lovely. It is interesting how over that past 5-10? years, many people pull in all marginalized groups, those impacted by historical events, into a prayer or celebration or mourning. In some cases it fits, others perhaps not. It’s all about Timing, Tone and Context. It might be we are more sensitive to others who suffer or have suffered when a tragedy happens and we are in mourning and grappling with our feelings. Widen the scope. When we celebrate Passover and people add in anecdotes to remember women or all enslaved groups throughout history does anyone balk or do we just celebrate freedom broadly and reflect on those enslaved. Does it water down a service. Perhaps for some. But to do what your Hanukkah party person did was super bad timing and deflection and mindless wokeness (or is that an oxymoron)
Of course! That's what Judaism is all about! Like you said, for me, it's timing. It's like during the war, I appreciated and attended events for Israeli and Palestinian pain, but I wouldn't attend one on the anniversary of 10/7. I felt like that was a day to reserve space for Jewish pain, just like how I felt Sunday was for Jewish pain. There's a time and a place.
My feelings exactly and thank you for laying it out so succinctly. Now I don’t have to. I could say, you know what I think and feel about the Islamist terrorism against Jewish families with children celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach? Read this week’s Miranda’s Shabbat Drop. Gd bless. Happy Hanukkah and Shabbat Shalom
Thank you for expressing what you are feeling with honest, depth with levity tossed in (very Jewish of you). The Yemenite music is lovely. It is interesting how over that past 5-10? years, many people pull in all marginalized groups, those impacted by historical events, into a prayer or celebration or mourning. In some cases it fits, others perhaps not. It’s all about Timing, Tone and Context. It might be we are more sensitive to others who suffer or have suffered when a tragedy happens and we are in mourning and grappling with our feelings. Widen the scope. When we celebrate Passover and people add in anecdotes to remember women or all enslaved groups throughout history does anyone balk or do we just celebrate freedom broadly and reflect on those enslaved. Does it water down a service. Perhaps for some. But to do what your Hanukkah party person did was super bad timing and deflection and mindless wokeness (or is that an oxymoron)
Of course! That's what Judaism is all about! Like you said, for me, it's timing. It's like during the war, I appreciated and attended events for Israeli and Palestinian pain, but I wouldn't attend one on the anniversary of 10/7. I felt like that was a day to reserve space for Jewish pain, just like how I felt Sunday was for Jewish pain. There's a time and a place.
My feelings exactly and thank you for laying it out so succinctly. Now I don’t have to. I could say, you know what I think and feel about the Islamist terrorism against Jewish families with children celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach? Read this week’s Miranda’s Shabbat Drop. Gd bless. Happy Hanukkah and Shabbat Shalom
Thank you for saying so! Shabbat Shalom
love this. thank you Miranda. happy chanukah, and shabbat shalom.
Thank you for reading and for saying so! Shabbat Shalom
Thank you for always putting into words how a lot of us are feeling!