Category: Unexpectedly Jewish

I first encountered this phrase, Welcome Home, when I dropped my son off at Camp Kalsman. When I visited Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue, I was greeted with the same phrase. Is this a spiritual welcoming for Zera Yisrael I wondered?

You see, there’s really only one thing that I find bewildering about Judaism—the calendar. Growing up in the U.S. we’re steeped in the Gregorian calendar. The calendar seemed a simple thing until I after being introduced to the Jewish calendar.

I was excited to celebrate my first Passover holiday. I was really starting to like the theme of Jewish holidays—let’s celebrate and eat!