tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post436168221857635818..comments2023-10-22T09:01:46.580-05:00Comments on From L.A. to LA: Rashi's DaughtersShoshanahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707241263291051104noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-9457789454153813332009-08-20T00:31:21.904-05:002009-08-20T00:31:21.904-05:00Thanks for the great review. I guarantee that anyo...Thanks for the great review. I guarantee that anyone who reads my RASHI'S DAUGHTERS novels will come away knowing more about Judaism when they started [including some things most rabbis don't even know], plus they'll enjoy a good read with a romantic theme and happy ending.<br /><br />I think there's enough depressing and nasty stuff you can read for free in the news. If you're going to pay money for something to read it should be entertaining, interesting, and have a satisfying ending.<br /><br />Maggie Anton<br />www.rashisdaughters.comMaggie Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203471063752810743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-9928731095897606202009-08-19T23:55:12.551-05:002009-08-19T23:55:12.551-05:00You know what's another great book that involv...You know what's another great book that involves a lot of Judaism. The Queens Fool. It's about a girl and her father who have to keep moving around and pretending she's a boy so people won't catch on that their jews and kill them. Check it out.Crazy Shenanigans-JMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494603714481735184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-56524447539263181342009-08-19T23:47:53.668-05:002009-08-19T23:47:53.668-05:00Thanks for the comment! It is good to know your bf...Thanks for the comment! It is good to know your bf is in the same boat. J and I took this Intro to Judaism class at one of the synagogues in New Orleans (when I was actually living there short-term). It was supposed to be a year where half was spent with one rabbi and half with another. There was one other couple there who wasn't engaged/pregnant or ancient. Even though we kind of became friends I never got the feeling that the girl (who wasn't Jewish) felt the same way I did. Maybe her bf was laid back about it...Maybe she was more compromising than me. I don't know. i just felt really isolated in that class because it wasn't teaching me the things I wanted to know. I wanted to know how to be Jewish. I wanted to learn the motions that J and yourself, take for granted from growing up with it. (I took a lot of Jewish Studies classes at LSU and loved them so I already know alot of the "book smart" portion of Judaism). <br /><br />It didn't help that I didn't like the rabbi. In fact, I keep waiting for a Rabbi to come along who I WANT to get to know and learn from. Hasn't happened yet. J insists that once we move for his residency where there are more choices of synagogues, that I will find a Rabbi I love.<br /><br />I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.<br /><br />Oh, we also have this divide over whether we will go Reform or Conservative. I'm for Reform and he was raised Conservative. Something about the singing in Reform just drives him nuts. I don't sing but I think it's nice.<br /><br />Anyways, I'm going to stop writing novella's on your comment form!Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138050246830502228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-35672965475379645982009-08-19T21:48:27.026-05:002009-08-19T21:48:27.026-05:00"What is interesting to read in epilogue is t..."What is interesting to read in epilogue is that a statistician from Stanford calculated that any Jew today with European Jewish ancestry is almost certainly descended from Rashi."<br /><br />I will have to tell J this little tidbit!<br />I think I have picked up the other books in the series before and considered reading them but worried they would be too far over my head. I'm going to give them another look next time I'm in B&N.<br /><br />It's refreshing that you admit that you don't know everything about your religion and that you are still learning. J considers himself to be pretty religious but I always call him out on that because he doesn't go through any of the religious motions associated with Judaism. (Other than keeping Kosher which is a pain in the arse but I'm learning to live with it). He is always trying to get me to learn more about Judaism since we are dating and while I'm open to it I feel like it's a double standard that I need to do all of this book learning while he is considered religious because he's Kosher and Jewish. I mean, we've never done Shabbat candles and he doesn't own a Menorah (this has more to do with his over-reliance on his parents than observance). <br /><br />Anyways, sorry to unload on you but what I was trying to get to was that maybe I can read these and not feel like I'm getting the short end of the deal when it comes to learning all things Judaism.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Great review!Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138050246830502228noreply@blogger.com