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i carried with me into 5780 the hope that by now i would have a Jewish community in which i felt welcome, to experience the High Holy Days with. after all these years that hope has become too heavy to carry. if i want to move forward into the new year, i have to leave it behind.
to everyone else who was isolated from Jewish community even before the pandemic and doesn't see that changing any time soon, i see you and i know it hurts.
i may no longer hope to find an existing community that wants us, but i believe we can build our own communities that do. and many amazing people are already doing that work.
in 5781 my hope is, instead, to join that work in earnest.
in 5781 my hope is, instead, to join that work in earnest.
i am trying to hold the balance between grief for lack of access to accessible in person community, with gratitude for having amazing friends who make me feel connected to a form of Jewish community that is also very real and powerful.
exclusion from in person community hurts. AND,
@nonstandardrep & @WordNerdKnitter & @awbrainno & all of you here & in my local circles make me feel more connected than i ever have before, as does the amazing work of @xaihowareyou (thank you for your podcast and Shel Maala!!)
@nonstandardrep & @WordNerdKnitter & @awbrainno & all of you here & in my local circles make me feel more connected than i ever have before, as does the amazing work of @xaihowareyou (thank you for your podcast and Shel Maala!!)
