tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post4638048171145786348..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: Things I Learned YesterdayChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-78538626278311733802007-05-29T12:28:00.000-04:002007-05-29T12:28:00.000-04:00I loved the Borders on 2nd Ave when I was in Stern...I loved the Borders on 2nd Ave when I was in Stern. I was there so often that I got to know the staff in my favorite department, and we're actually still friends to this day! :)<BR/><BR/>I am also fairly particular about my shoes. I dislike most of the styles now, which is frustrating because my current shoes are falling apart and I really need new ones, but I can't find any that I like.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-37777146088248047582007-05-25T05:23:00.000-04:002007-05-25T05:23:00.000-04:00oh my gosh! Barnes and Noble is my happy place too...oh my gosh!<BR/> Barnes and Noble is my happy place too! I know exactly what you mean as you sit near people reading.. feeling close to them without knowing them at all...<BR/> it's my favourite stop when I come into NY. <BR/>A very special place for me.<BR/><BR/>This whole post was sunny and entertaining!<BR/>:)the only way i knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527442357164907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-72087953937135407002007-05-25T01:01:00.000-04:002007-05-25T01:01:00.000-04:00The anger passed when I opened the bible found 'Ha...The anger passed when I opened the bible found 'Hannah's Prayer' like a thunderstorm with showers passes and the sun comes out once more. Human feelings can be much like the weather. Many people live their lives without weather or completely shelter from weather. I don't call that life at all. I sense in your offer, not the willingness to reach out and understand but rather the culture of 'getting help' and 'physcology', etc. to help me 'cope' with my 'difficulties'. That is not the kind of help humans need in any weather storm. What people really need in difficult moments is prayer, truth, love, and compassion. They don't need their hands held but rather a word of strength to help them rise up again. Regardless, I think that has occured and that was why I mentioned it in the last post. The tears I mentioned were not of sadness but of joy from devine providence and deliverence. I hope you recognized that.<BR/><BR/>I would like to take you up on your offer but I would like to use it on a more positive note.<BR/><BR/>You mentioned that you do not date yet. I would suggest to you that you remove the details of this post that mention where you can be found. That I think comes across as an invitation. I don't really see any difference between formal dating and having anonymous dialog with random strangers online. If you are serious about guarding your virtues by not dating, then I would ask you and recommend to you that you guard yourself more carefully online as every exchange with any individual does create a 'relationship' of the souls.<BR/><BR/>You are a highly intelligent and wise person for an 18 year old. I would really like you to remain same way when you become 28 or 38 but I think your blog and your present course will lead you down a slippery slope. I was much the same way at 18, the only difference was that my thinking was private and unknown to the world and I think that was a protection and a blessing to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-52033475711830913662007-05-24T23:41:00.000-04:002007-05-24T23:41:00.000-04:00I'm working this summer; it's a formality. Can't w...I'm working this summer; it's a formality. Can't work unless I pass the drug test.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-39767857565615934542007-05-24T23:15:00.000-04:002007-05-24T23:15:00.000-04:00But Chana, why did you need the drug test? Or must...But Chana, <I>why</I> did you need the drug test? Or must I read all of the wonderous back-posts that you evilly wrote during finals if I want to find out?M.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01871988896906196843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-56972052380127222282007-05-24T23:06:00.000-04:002007-05-24T23:06:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous,I know what it's like to be angry. ...Dear Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I know what it's like to be angry. You say you are angry and having a difficult time of it. You feel hurt by your community. This is what you've mentioned before.<BR/><BR/>No, I'm not 10 miles from you, but this is why the blogs are helpful. Because no matter where I am or where you are, there are people out here who are willing to listen and are glad to know you and who want to help if they can.<BR/><BR/>If you'd like, we can continue this more privately; you can email me if you wish. Email's in my profile.<BR/><BR/>Be well.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-75520830860525372822007-05-23T22:17:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:17:00.000-04:00I have tears in my eyes as I am typing this. I ha...I have tears in my eyes as I am typing this. I had a difficult evening as I relived my pain and my hurt in my heart and in my mind. I was so very angry.<BR/><BR/>Just now I picked up my bible and I opened it; By the grace of God I landed on the page with this verse:<BR/>1 Samuel 2:1-10 with the title - Hannah's Prayer. Certainly, I was not praying for guidance, but in the verse it seems to have responded to my dilemma. And it comes right after Ruth - the real dilemma burdening my heart and soul. As if God was telling me that you are praying for me. Then, I remembered your kind words from yesterday. I don't know what to say. Thank you. Thank for the warmth of your heart and also your kind prayers. Now my eyes have fallen on verse 1 Samuel 3:3, another message for me.<BR/><BR/>I wish you the same as have for me. You are a rare exception. I will say Amen to all your good prayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-46432034215794536932007-05-22T23:06:00.000-04:002007-05-22T23:06:00.000-04:00My feeling tells me that you are neither in Chicag...My feeling tells me that you are neither in Chicago nor in NYC but that you are within 10 miles of me.<BR/>I wonder if I am right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1590264863922206472007-05-22T19:43:00.000-04:002007-05-22T19:43:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous,I am glad you realize that I have d...Dear Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I am glad you realize that I have done nothing to harm you or hurt you in any way. No, I do not appear to be part of your community but I wish you a joyous and happy holiday and a wonderful Shavuot, and I very much hope that you experience the love of the Jewish community that I both know and believe to exist.<BR/><BR/>Have a truly wonderful evening and be well. <BR/><BR/>No regrets are necessary.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-30061932875236101982007-05-22T19:37:00.000-04:002007-05-22T19:37:00.000-04:00I feel like some pathetic Jimmy Swaggert but I do ...I feel like some pathetic Jimmy Swaggert but I do have to confess my sins. Something really bad happened to me by a member(s) of my community which profoundly touched my soul. It was an unexpected experience for me. I did a lot of soul searching and key word web searching about it. That is why I found your blog. I thought you had some connection to people in my community. I never expose myself to anyone but the only reason I did was because I wanted to influence you through your blog and for you to positively indirectly influence the people that gave me such grief. I really wanted to shine light on the darkness that is in my (Jewish) community which I have approached with deep love only to regret my outreach and to resent my roots because of them. But I also wanted answers to my long ago unanswered questions which I asked some people and none have had the guts, the will, or the knowledge to answer them. It has for a while now caused quite a storm in my soul when all this would have passed by quitely had some people simply acted with love and respect for me as a human being and a Jew. Instead I have gotten and still get a lot of run around. The community or some people in it are hiding or doing something unkosher. I don't know what it is but I sure can feel the weight of it. I do have some guesses to what it is. But I know I never would have been hurt or touched so profoundly if the Jews in my community were clean and doing things kosher. And if love and respect were stronger than just hollow rules.<BR/><BR/>I see now that you have no connection to this (community) whatsoever even indirectly.<BR/><BR/>I think and feel very highly of you and I regret what I have done.<BR/><BR/>I do hope that good and positive things do come out of this.<BR/><BR/>I asked for help in this matter and over 35 Christians have stepped forward to help me and pray for me but not a single Jew has done a single thing for in the same way as these Christians have who are all complete total strangers to me. But I felt their love and prayers.<BR/><BR/>Chana, I believe and always have believed in the love you described about Jewish people but I rarely if ever find it. My life experience with Jews has mostly been the painful opposite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-26266181328425933322007-05-22T19:06:00.000-04:002007-05-22T19:06:00.000-04:00"I am not a hooker. I will not buy hooker shoes."T..."I am not a hooker. I will not buy hooker shoes."<BR/><BR/>That's a funny post. Erachet's comment made me laugh, too. I feel the same way about shoes. I bought a pair of Columbia sandals that fit perfectly. Let us readers know whether you passed your drug test or not. Chag Sameach.haKiruvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364180049796549383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-60081336598560206902007-05-22T18:33:00.000-04:002007-05-22T18:33:00.000-04:00I see we both like to hang out at the same name bo...I see we both like to hang out at the same name bookstore, only that it is in different states. I never go to midtown and if I do go to a stone it is the one near Lincoln Square across from Tower records. I boycott Borders completely because I am paranoid about big brother cameras everywhere on every endcap and every shelf recording everything I browse. BN generally has none or very few. I am nowhere near Chicago and I have only been there once. Beautiful architecture but not my kind of place. I am small town/country person, that is where I am the happiest. If you want to find me, I did suggest once where to go for Shabbat but even there I rarely go, maybe once a month. If you are persistent and God grants, you may find me.<BR/><BR/>Hag Sameach!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I am against drug test and they are an invasion of privacy and personal freedom. I have always refused to submit to them (because I don't use them and I resent a culture that breeds faithlessness and lack of trust in people) but I recognize that in today's world they are necessary. I will not work in a place that requires them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-39873855845267357832007-05-22T17:45:00.000-04:002007-05-22T17:45:00.000-04:00"Why don't I buy shoes I can't run in? If I want t..."Why don't I buy shoes I can't run in? If I want to be morbid, I can say it is because I can get away no matter what the circumstance."<BR/><BR/>You know what's weird? I think that way often. I don't like to be dressed uncomfortably, even beyond just shoes, because what if I somehow ended up stranded on a deserted island? What if I need to run away from someone? What if someone comes flying through my window and takes me away on a flying ship? <BR/><BR/>Isn't it odd to think like that? I've never told this to anyone before. *Shudders*Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-70228348900739941132007-05-22T15:17:00.000-04:002007-05-22T15:17:00.000-04:00try zappos.com for sandals. i love their website ...try zappos.com for sandals. i love their website for shoes! and i'm picky as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com