Midrasha

Midrasha

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Midrasha in Berkeley engages Jewish teens in exploring their identity as Jews through social, educational, and experiential programming. Through weekly classes, tri-annual retreats, and social action projects, East Bay teens in grades 8-12 strengthen their ties with their heritage and their community. Each week, a class is inspired by a Jewish quote and video to write their heart out about their week as an East Bay Jewish teen. Then, their work gets posted right here, on our very own blog, creating a fantastic new group of published authors each week!

December 8, 2013

Week 11: Being Jewish in a Catholic School


No quote this week, the title of the blog sums up our awesome conversation :-)

Daniel-

I think it is very weird do be a Jew at Saint Mary’s. Everywhere you turn, you see at least one cross. The center of the school is even a cross. With that said, I think that it is a good and educational experience to have people trying to convert you. Then you put a latke on their plate and they want to completely leave Christianity and Catholicism behind because they want three holidays a year where you are commanded to get drunk instead of just one. Every catholic student I’ve met has wanted to be Jewish once they learned how un-strict most Jews are. In the Catholic faith, there is only one true path, to follow all their rules and accept all of their views. In Judaism, almost everything is open to debate. That is why some of the most famous rabbis had fellow scholars who disagreed with them about everything.  I think that it is a good idea to learn about all religions because only then, you can decide which one you agree with, if any of them.

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