tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post115899690668066462..comments2023-05-27T04:26:16.242-07:00Comments on Dreaming Without Memory in Strangled Sleep: L'Shana TovaMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159158955689224702006-09-24T21:35:00.000-07:002006-09-24T21:35:00.000-07:00Yes! Yes! Send me soup! Wish I could have been the...Yes! Yes! Send me soup! Wish I could have been there with you!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159154627242315732006-09-24T20:23:00.000-07:002006-09-24T20:23:00.000-07:00Monica, you were invited to DC with me? Or Los Ang...Monica, you were invited to DC with me? Or Los Angeles with me? I made you soup. Can I send?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159041997410146212006-09-23T13:06:00.000-07:002006-09-23T13:06:00.000-07:00"anonymous," friendly indeed -- it looks as though..."anonymous," friendly indeed -- it looks as though you may have misread my post. I never referred to myself as a "hyphenated Jew." I'm actually not quite sure what that would mean, what kind of nuances that would signal. I referred to myself, in a moment of cultural and theological reflection, as a hyphen -- somebody who is in between worlds, religions, or cultures, or all of the above. It's not Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159038525789357982006-09-23T12:08:00.000-07:002006-09-23T12:08:00.000-07:00I'm with you, bill cooper, and thanks for stopping...I'm with you, bill cooper, and thanks for stopping by. It's really about a sense of not quite belonging in either world, or in one particular belief system.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159038415375839142006-09-23T12:06:00.000-07:002006-09-23T12:06:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159015269809289802006-09-23T05:41:00.000-07:002006-09-23T05:41:00.000-07:00I don't know your reasons, but I find it difficult...I don't know your reasons, but I find it difficult spending what should be for me religous holidays (Easter Christmas), with my relatives who are still actively religous. I can no longer share belief with them, but when I am with non religous people I find their lack of knowledge and understanding of the sources of the holiday disturbing. Its hard.sfwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592447707671698816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159012324891555632006-09-23T04:52:00.000-07:002006-09-23T04:52:00.000-07:00Very interesting post. Are you saying that there ...Very interesting post. Are you saying that there are Christians who you are interested in being with--romantically, spiritually, emotionally, physically, intellectually--on this holiday, and on all other holidays, who are rejecting you because you regard yourself as a hyphenated Jew?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1159010556428933062006-09-23T04:22:00.000-07:002006-09-23T04:22:00.000-07:00Is that really the whole story? Sounds too simple...Is that really the whole story? Sounds too simple; sounds as if some "context" is missing. Why did you place quotations around "families"? What are you trying to say about the "people" who you claim have abandoned you? Special pleading is inappropriate on Rosh Hashana. Given the nature and intent of this holiday, which is one of true reflection, contemplation, transformation, repentence, andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com