Handful of Jewish thoughts from the past few months
-Currently reading Mazaltob by Blanche Bendahan, 1930. Haven’t gotten too much into it but it’s really interesting so far. Some of the language confuses me and I wonder if the translation I’m reading is entirely accurate. What was the language it was originally in again? (Language I can also read) oh. well. I’m not gonna pay for another copy. Anyway, I’ve been reading a lot of Yiddish lit and I wanted to branch out and oh man… what a great place to start I’m liking it so far. I might write a full review at some point. I’m a very slow reader right now because of migraines :/
-Having a lesbian Rabbi is life changing like I’ve had great rabbis of all sorts but it’s just so different when she not only understands where I’m coming from as a Jewish woman and a gay woman but also shows that it’s possible to be in a loving Jewish lesbian relationship. After having a resurgence of internalized homophobia last year, this change has been really refreshing even if I know I’m leaving soon.
-Every time I read a book about Judaism I’m like “ok interesting” and I go online and half the reviews are like “this book doesn’t even mention Judaism once!” and the other half are like “this is literally the Bible of Judaism” what!!!
-Reading Emma Lazarus again… if you need a summary of my mental state..,
-Trying to mold Judaica-inspired clay pieces but I’m not good at molding clay. At all. It’s a process and I’ll get better but woof it’s been rough so far. At least they aren’t shattering while baking
-Sometimes Hebrew is pictures. In a way
