(forgive me father, for I have sinned. It’s been 6 days since my last confession)
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It’s strange. There are times when my partner goes off to pursue various religion ventures and I have some free time for myself. Up till now, it has never done me good as my mind starts racing, my thoughts began to [...]
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It takes a while to get the hang of how things work around here and how people think. At first, it all looks very naïve, and you’re not sure if people are really naïve or just playing along in some great cynical game that everybody knows about. What is this place?
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Ooo… I’m in trouble. ‘Good’ trouble, one might say (with some really bad English). After seeing Melbourne and now staying in Sydney it’s time to face the scary fact that I like it here. Everything looks amazing – as if someone asked me what I would expect from a big western city and then went [...]
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Babbale, aime-sha-esin, shlek. I was standing there, astonished, staring at what’s going on with utter disbelief. The images were registering the nuero pathways but the brain had trouble translating that into understanding. Here, in the heart of Melbourne Australia lies an ultra religious Bnei Brak with Hebrew and Iddish showing everywhere. London’s Golder’s Green and [...]
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(I think I just woke up everybody with my Shana Tova SMSing)
It’s going to be ‘interesting’ with the Jewish community at Rosh Hashana the next couple of days as we move to a more Jewish neighberhood and are invited to the Felmans tonight. I think I’ll let my dad handle all that as I escape [...]
