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I'm Pissed Off At Judaism: A Rant on Progressive Judaism and Spirituality

March 23, 2010 by Patrick Beaulier

“I have been thinking a lot about Judaism, and I’m kind of pissed at it right now.”

This IM from my friend Sarah* was strangely startling. She had a stressful weekend, and she needed to relax. She smoked pot, turned off all her electronics, and it was “the most spiritual thing [she had] done in a long time.”

The best part came when Sarah told me she had a religious epiphany over fruit. “I ate an orange. I peeled the orange and realized that it was probably the closest to G-d a food can be, because it was so protected from the rest of the world. So I said a bracha (prayer) over it.”

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*My friend’s name was changed to protect the innocent

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