#meirmakesstuff

[shiraglassman]

Do you have any resources or suggestions for a Reform Jew trying to reconnect with Judaism?

This post was aimed at people writing about a character reconnecting but I think you may find @meirmakesstuff's suggestions helpful: https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/667407970339028992/jewish-atheist-character-with-personal-challenges

Many synagogues who went to streaming in 2020 may still have that available, so if you aren't able to hang out in person, consider hanging out virtually. Reading blogs and fiction written from the inside. Listen to music, like the Hadar Ensemble. But yeah check out Meir's post, it's a good one and really thorough.

I don't know about any other shuls but mine always seems to have a lot of people who are new or exploring -- this might be a College Town Thing -- so if whatever you have nearby is like that, you won't even stand out that much as a person who doesn't know all the melodies yet, or whatever.

Hope this helps, @lun4rc0w!

[koshercosplay]

American Pie, for the Hebrew lyrics ask, in honor of the time my son and I were confused as to why a car radio playing American Pie didn't seem to be getting any further away down the street, and then looked out the window and my wife was sitting in their car in the driveway not coming in until the song finished.

you are:

"I was a lonely child With pink nail and pickup But I knew I was unlucky The day the music died"

[ask-jumblr]

I agreed to do a session with a Reform confirmation class on representation in media, but I'm not hip. What are some examples of Jewish representation (positive, negative, or not clearly either) in "stuff the kids are into" right now? Bonus if there's a clip I can play. I plan to end the session with everyone designing their dream Jewish representation scenario, but I want to lead to that with a discussion of the tropes and representation issues that exist, and ask their feelings about them.

Mod here with a clarifying question that might help some respondents:

Are you looking for examples of any Jewish representation? of just modern Jewish people? just Reform Jewish people? just modern Reform Jewish people?

For those who aren’t familiar, (and @meirmakesstuff, please correct me if I’m wrong) confirmation class students would be circa high school age.