Interesting encounter at school today...

The funny thing about not looking Jewish is that people don't realize I'm Jewish, especialy on a cold day. On a hot day, when I'm wearing sleeves, that tips things off.

The girl sitting next to me in Accounting today didn't have her book, she was looking on mine and we're chatting a little here and there. So, we're walking out of class and she says she came from upstate to go to school at Brooklyn College... Where? Buffalo? I'm from Buffalo. No way! Yadda yadda... so she tells me where she lives and I was like, "oh, you should have found something below the school. That area is mostly Jews and it's really quiet." Her response, "oh, my dad doesn't like Jews." Uh, huh...

I think if she talks to me, I'll have to tell her she can't be friends with me.... It's totally weird because up until that minute we were so much alike. When she said that, I just REALLY had to get to the Hillel and get my food there instead of the kosher counter in the cafeteria....

People: cutthroat at the core...

Over Shabbos I had two incidents of thoughts about how people can get. The first incident was when I was reading a book about Emotional Intelligence. Ok, I didn't read the whole book but, I picked it up and skimmed it. There were various discussions about survival.

Then Shabbos morning in shul, I got bored during the Torah reading. My eyes landed on the English right where it talks about people will eat their children when it comes down to survival. Interestingly enough, the rabbi at that shul was honing in on that very same part of the parshah. Although, he was saying something about it being a prophesy of the shoah and well, my ADHD was back in season so, I missed it.

Anyhow, I just wanted to take a minute to say that people really do step on each other. As children growing up, we're taught by our parents and teachers to think that someone else didn't mean it and such. No, they really do. I just want to say what others don't dare to say as it isn't politically correct. Screw politically correct.

Some people out there are just NOT good, nice people.

Satmars on the internet!!!! NO WAY!!! Only to trash Israel...

http://michalbasavraham.blogspot.com/2009/09/jews-who-rally-against-israel-what.html#comments

Yes, way! I came in here to blog some thoughts I had over Shabbos. Well, I find me in the comments a Satmar who says I'm not a real Jew because I believe in Israel... surprise surprise... not really. I thought Satmars weren't supposed to be on the internet any way? I see they this website that this apikores posted in my comments is backed by Satmar rabbis. Their Zip code is 11211, which is, of course Williamsburg otherwise known as Satmarland. For an Orthodox Jew in the know, I'm not surprised the Satmars have up such anti-Israel schtus.

The law of the road is still the law

Coming home on my bicycle, was a particularly interesting experience today. I pulled out of a driveway and see someone driving the wrong way down a one way street. I made it to the grocery store... I ran in to buy my stuff. I came out and some old guy wearing a yammy, slowed down and then stopped just after an open spot. I figure he was looking for a parking spot and was going to park there. When I went to pass him, he started going so I was stuck in the middle of the street in traffic until he turned two blocks later. Then I turn the corner and I'm at a light in the bike lane. Someone cuts in front of me with his car and sits in the bike lane rolling backward a couple times. I put my feet on the ground and knocked on their trunk. I'm terrible, right? A car does not get to go into the bike lane, sorry. I also saw some skateboarders going into traffic on the street. They belong on the sidewalk or maybe with traffic on the side. The topper is that I can't even tell you how many bicyclists I've seen breaking the rules. The popular one is running red lights. Yes, that's right, a biker is supposed to stop at the red light with cars. In fact, a bicyclist is supposed to follow the same rules as a car.

Jews who rally against Israel.. WHAT????

A Facebook friend commented on his status:
I was not commenting on that fact Israel, I do appreciate it very much. The status has to do with a rally that took place today in manhattan, NYC. Where many Hassidic Jews from the Satmar sect protested on the outside as a facade that Israeli Police were beating them up... but quickly turned into a nasty anti Israel rally where ... Read MoreSatmar principle of Throop avenue school called for the end and complete destruction (gd forbid) in yiddish of the State of Israel. May GD smite this man and the many others with the harshest of punishments for their reprehensible actions and grave chillul hashem.

My response:
I'm sorry, but in my mind these people are not Jewish, which is funny because they think they are more Jewish than everyone else and some people think "chasidic" is somehow better or MORE Jewish. Try more 18th Century Poland.....

Inspired by the "frum stripper" and comments....

It was stated that, "Orthodox Judaism has sexual undertones."

Just because Orthodox Jewish girls go running around in these tight skirts above the knees with a slit halfway up to their you know what crack in the back doesn't mean it's the Orthodox Judaism that has the sexual undertones.

Humans, more men than women, are sexually driven and Orthodox Jews twist and bend the rules that are supposed to deal with that into what they want. Unfortunately, wearing a revealing sexy tight skirt is more ok than pants in the Orthodox world.

It is unfortunate that rabbis don't speak out more about this. Seriously, there is so much emphasis on wearing skirts and dresses only for Jewish women that no one speaks out about the kind of skirts that are being sold in stores like Junees and Elzees which are "Jewish" clothing stores and yet these skirts are not proper attire for a good Jewish girl.

My first day at school....

I had a very long first day at school. I'm excited about my classes. I was previously a Spanish/French major and now I'm studying Business so, it's different studying in English.

An interesting thing happened today. I was sitting on a bench studying and this guy came up to ask me if I was Jewish. Of course, he was peddling something. He was recruiting people to work for the next Bloomberg campaign. Whatever, the point is that almost a year after my conversion, I still find myself smiling, "that's right, I ****AM**** Jewish."