Promoted by PD, who couldn't carry a haggadah - or any other tune - to save his life.

When I first agreed to do this, I purposely chose this date, because it is during the holiday of Passover.  This is the time when we celebrate G-d taking us out of the land of Egypt, out of slavery, and delivering us to freedom.  Also, we just began the counting of the Omer, which commemorates the 49 days between the Exodus from Egypt and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.  In effect, everything that Jews believe and all the rules that we follow relate to this time period.

As Sister Q has suggested, this is mainly a Cliffs Notes version of Judaism, but I welcome any questions, comments, corrections, criticism or wit.  

In the spirit of the "Ask a..." series, I offer what I hope will be an interesting topic.    

I am an Orthodox Jew living in Israel.  I should add that I say "Orthodox" merely as a way for others to understand my level of observance.  Personally, I despise labels like this.  Some people observe more than me, some less.  In any event, I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Promoted by Wolfie

This is my first, but hopefully not my last, Street Prophets diary.  As some of you may know from my "work" at Daily Kos, I am an Orthodox Jew living in Israel.  I have been working to elect Democrats since 1976, and am very proud of my work, and my religious observance.

For the last few months, however, I have noticed a steady stream of diaries, and comments, that disparage anyone who believes in G-d.  It all started with this winner, accusing me of being mentally ill, because I have faith in G-d.  It is nice that my Reply received 22 recc's, but please note the seven recc's for the original comment.  Here's another great one stating a mathematical fact that faith=ignorance.

Unfortunately, the list goes on.