I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.
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I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.
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I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.
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I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.
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I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.
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I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.
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In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
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It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.
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It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.
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It's more fun to watch without joining in.
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My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.
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My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
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Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.
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On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.
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Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity.
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Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.
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So many plusses, so many minuses.
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Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.
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Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me.
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The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.
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