My high school was not your typical high school. The teachers drove used Chevys, Toyotas, and Chryslers; the student parking lot was full of Mercedes, BMW's, and Land Rovers. Although there were many rich, snobby kids at my school, it wasn't like in the movies where cheerleaders ruled. No - the name of the game at my school was college admissions.
Continue reading A Purim StoryFebruary 2010
February 25th, 2010
Don’t Believe Everything You Read!
Since I've already gotten several "mazel tovs," I thought it might make sense to clarify that the "It's a Boy" post that came along with the "Jew in the City in The Jewish Week" post was actually fifteen months old, which is the exact age of my baby boy!
February 24th, 2010
Jew in the City in The Jewish Week
Here's an article The Jewish Week just wrote about Jew in the City: YouTube Orthodoxy
February 21st, 2010
Gym Class
Remember back in gym class when two students would get to choose the teams? Just the sound of the teacher announcing who was captain would fill my heart with dread. We'd line up in front of them and wait to hear our names called. They always started with the most sought out teammates and ended with me. On a good day, I'd get second to last.
February 9th, 2010
Do Orthodox Jews believe in vaccinating?
Dear Jew in the City,
Lock the kids [with mumps] up...do not sicken everyone. You have no right to impose your beliefs against vaccination on the rest of society.
If you don't see it this way...advice...leave this country. Go to someplace where ignorance and stupidity are bliss. America is NOT such a place. We lose ours, you will lose yours.
M.A.
February 2nd, 2010
Birthday Musings
When I was a kid, I assumed that my grandparents had been old forever. When I was a kid, I never understood why people lied about being twenty-nine. Why make up such an old age if you're trying to sound young?
