HeyJaredAn Unimportant Woman
Don't put off the important things. Stand up for your beliefs. Do what is right and honest. Have patience. Have self-respect. Be kind. And above all BE BRAVE. My name is Elise and I am Jewish.
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I am Here (opens the original)
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Yes, its been a while. I was caught up in the Jewish High Holy Days and then well, I couldn’t think of anything to write about that didn’t sound cliched or trite. It seemed that everything was the same bit of outrage and that is not a good thing. I was stuck. Simply stuck in a vortex that well, to say the least, left me uninspired and well rather “cranky.”Ok, yes my alternate moniker is “cranky old lady,” but the truth is when you cannot extricate yourself from the perspective of negativity well
Doing Civilization Wrong (opens the original)
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I am not sure why this needs to even be stated, but Hamas is a terrorist mafia organization that not only brutalized many of the people of Gaza who tried to stand against it, but committed the most heinous of barbaric acts on October 7. They are gang rapists, murderers, and kidnappers, who perpetrated atrocities on Israeli civilians simply because those civilians were Jews or were thought to work with Jews.Somehow if this group of humanbeings, and make no mistake you can call them every name in
What Have You Learned? (opens the original)
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Happy Jewish New Year 5787.That is not the number of years that there have been Jews in the world. That is the number of years since creation.Yes, I know that is wrong.We all know that is wrong because science tells us so.You pretend to acknowledge the year, but know deep in your heart that the Earth is billions upon billions of years old. Unless you are rigorously Orthodox of any kind, aka fundamentalist.I know this because I had an argument with one such man at work over 30 years ago.The argum
9/11 (opens the original)
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A beautiful clear blue sky. A light breeze. Wonderful 70 degree weather. It was a glorious morning. And one I will never forget…and no one I know who lived through it will ever forget it either…I remember 9/11 very clearly. Every. Minute. Of .That Day. My husband and and sister were supposed to be in those Towers for early morning meetings. Their meetings were canceled. But who thought they had to tell me. Why should it have crossed their minds? It was hours before they could get throug
You are who your friends are (opens the original)
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I can’t believe I have to say this but the Vice President of the United States needs to grow up, or grow a pair, which ever is more doable. Honestly, at this point I think it is a toss up.What do I mean? Well, let’s start with defining what is a friend? A friend is a chosen person that you have decided to bring into your inner circle to enhance your life. You may disagree about small things, like how to style your hair, your favorite color, or you may disagree about big things, like who to vote
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