Tuesday, October 04, 2005
good yontif.
my friend jeremy, a professor of neuroscience at a liberal arts college, just forwarded me a short play about spending saturday with his grandparents on the weekend before rosh hashanah:
Jeremy: L'Shana Tova!
Grandma: [blank look]
Jeremy: I found a really great synagogue in Collegetown. I'm going to go to services this week.
Grandma: [blink. blink. blink.]
Jeremy: It's, um, very progressive. A lot of the faculty go. [pause] Are you going to go to high holy day services this year?
Grandma: [blank look of dispair and disgust]
Jeremy: [...?...]
Grandma: [spreads chicken livers on a slice of rye bread]
Jeremy: Are we even Jewish?
Gandma: [chews slowly] Look, kid: some people need religion. It makes them feel safe & comfortable. Me, I always thought it was just bullshit.
Jeremy: L'Shana Tova!
Grandma: [blank look]
Jeremy: I found a really great synagogue in Collegetown. I'm going to go to services this week.
Grandma: [blink. blink. blink.]
Jeremy: It's, um, very progressive. A lot of the faculty go. [pause] Are you going to go to high holy day services this year?
Grandma: [blank look of dispair and disgust]
Jeremy: [...?...]
Grandma: [spreads chicken livers on a slice of rye bread]
Jeremy: Are we even Jewish?
Gandma: [chews slowly] Look, kid: some people need religion. It makes them feel safe & comfortable. Me, I always thought it was just bullshit.
