Ok....can i wear a pink buttoned down shirt to a Bar Mitzvah?

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<p>“I accept that others find meaning, purpose, and value in the various faiths we chose, or in no faith at all.”</p>

<p>I think that is a nice approach. </p>

<p>Were there rabbis in your family?</p>

<p>My favorite hebrew school teacher was fired because he believed in an after life. I really liked him and was one of the better students. When he was fired, my next teacher scared the crap out of me and I forgot almost everything. For real. I could not remember much and I struggled the next couple of years. I never got back what I lost.</p>

<p>It was kind of like an episode of Twin Peaks where this dark haired person woke up one day and overnight his hair color had turned permanently grey. </p>

<p>Part of my brain permanently shut off.</p>

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<p>“Were there rabbis in your family?”</p>

<p>Beggars and horse thieves. (Come to think of it, in certain environments, they weren’t mutually exclusive.)</p>

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<p>For real?</p>

<p>What was your major at Williams?</p>

<p>I thought most Jewish ancestors sold hats. :slight_smile: (My great grandfather did).</p>

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<p>My grandfather made hats, and had a hat factory before the depression. But, growing up, he fed geese for others to have for their Christmas dinners. That’s when he had work. Other grandfather was a Lithuanian Jewish silk merchant, who ended up in Turkey after World War I with a Turkish passport. They wouldn’t let him at Ellis Island - not because he was Jewish, or Lithuanian, or Turkish, but because he was “Oriental”. (Now how am I supposed to answer government forms about my race?) He spoke fluent French, went to Canada, changed the family name to “Albert” (silent “t”), and came into the country as a fully documented illegal immigrant as a French-Canadian.</p>

<p>But before him, there were beggars…and horse thieves.</p>

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<p>I knew hats were involved somewhere… :)</p>

<p>Thanks for the family history.</p>

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<p>While Standing on One Foot</p>

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<p>I have trouble with two foots.</p>

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<p>Anything to silence women and keep them in their place, hm? </p>

<p>That’s somewhat what this discussion has felt like for me at times.</p>

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<p>What are u talking about? </p>

<p>Say whatever u want…</p>