Dear Jew in the City- I have read your blog many times and usually I enjoy it. I am very disturbed by one post in particular: Dirty, Money Grabbing Parasitic Vermin: Anti-Semitism Is Alive And Well. I am more disturbed by the passage from Deuteronomy than by the baseball-loving Jew hater. As a Jew from Ukraine, […]
Dear Jew in the City, This might seem like a silly question, but how do Orthodox Jews go swimming? Do they have places that are separate for men and women? If women cannot swim with men then can you ever swim with your whole family or just your husband if it’s private or is that […]
Dear Jew in the City, Is it bad if i take my Jewish kids to see Santa? They keep asking me. Thanks, Michelle from Bethesda, MD Dear Michelle, Great and very timely question! How much exposure to non-Jewish holidays should we give our Jewish children? My kids have some curiosity about non-Jewish holidays since we […]
Dear Jew in the City, I have never seen any Orthodox Jews with pets. Is there a reason for this? Or does it just so happen that I don’t know any Orthodox people who are great pet lovers. Thanks! Sincerely, Leorah from Canada
Dear Jew in the City, I feel a little hopeless. On Yom Kippur, we say sorry for all the things we did wrong and try not to do them again for the coming year. But really, we all know that is impossible- no matter how hard we try, we’ll be saying the same things next […]
Dear Jew in the City, I am a 21 year old Jew born and raised in New Jersey. I went to Hebrew school and had my Bar Mitzvah at a conservative temple. My parents are secular, and I’ve been living a secular life. Over the past three years in college, I’ve become close with a […]
