Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The Effect of NCSY
This week, we have a very special “guest blog.” A very fine young woman attended the NCSY National Yarchei Kallah and, upon her return, composed the following.
I sit with two freshmen during my office aide period, and one of them happens to be Jewish. I asked if her family kept Shabbos, and she said, “No.” I asked why, and she said “because we just don’t care. It’s just religion. Religion doesn’t matter.” When I sat with her at lunch, she had a cheeseburger. I kept my mouth shut, because I’m not one to judge people I’m in no position to judge someone anyway. I just sat there, not eating, and fingered my necklace the whole time. After lunch, she asked me, “Why do you wear that star around your neck? It doesn’t mean anything. Do you think G-d notices who wears the Star of David? It doesn’t make you a better Jew.”