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...never had a bar mitzvah ceremony. Through his travels, Oppenheimer comes to realize that he should not be disappointed by mechanical religious services or party-focused teenagers. He decides that b’nai mitzvah everywhere are a way for Jews—whether born or converted to the religion??€”to proclaim their places in the religious community...
...have always had a complicated relationship. I attended a progressive Jewish day school, where I had an early insight into religion??€™s hypocrisies—but was indoctrinated with Reform Judaism just the same. I hated the sycophants who revered the rabbis and cantors for all the wrong reasons. I hated the way my teachers wore their observance like a badge of pride—yet so frequently exhibited pettiness. And as I studied Jewish history, I hated the persecution foisted on my ancestors by so many other groups that claimed their authority from...
...high holidays were. Nonetheless, I chose to fast and attend services on Yom Kippur. The ritual made me think about the world’s hunger. It cleared my head. I was touched by the communal confession of sin (I couldn’t help comparisons to that other religion??€™s mode of confession) and the final prayers as the sun set. It was a beautiful observance...
...marriage—the Anglican Church in Canada has nearly split over the issue—and just as it is not the state’s place to interfere with these religions’ decisions to recognize (or not to recognize) same-sex marriage, it is not religion??€™s place to interfere with states’ decisions on the same question...
...until now laid-back character. Meanwhile, Sahar encounters another guy (Aaron, played by Mike Dwan), and the romantic comedy continues. The powerful scenes in which she confronts the existence of fundamentalism— wrestling with whether wearing a headscarf is demeaning and the reasons for her anger at organized religion??€”co-exist uneasily with genuinely funny scenes in which she flirts playfully with Aaron and has to clear up misunderstandings with her mother...