Monday Mar 02, 2009
Posted by Channie & Becca Greenberg
For me, sherut leumi, or even finishing high school, used to seem like a far away moment. They were events I knew were coming, but they seemed so distant that I never thought a lot about them. Then, suddenly, I'm in the midst of sherut leumi interviews; I'm signing up for interviews, searching for button-down shirts five minutes before my bus comes and missing tests because I'm trying to convince people I'm the best person for their jobs.
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About this blog
 She Said: She Said
Becca Greenberg is an enterprising young adult and recent ulpanah [Hebrew day school] graduate. When not fulfilling her Shirut Leumi obligations, Becca can be found reading, writing, and making up excuses for missing her driving lessons. Becca spins words when not taking responsibility for her younger siblings' music or for other behaviors that might be considered concomitant to early adulthood. Her work has appeared on Chabad.org, on "Blonds Have More Fun," and on the refrigerator.
Former JPost Old/New World Discourse blogger, Channie Greenberg, writes for an array of Jewish-interest, parenting, and speculative fiction venues, worldwide. Besides writing a column for the British continuum parenting magazine, The Mother Magazine, critiquing poetry and fiction for the literary 'zine Sotto Voce, and ghostwriting college textbooks, she spends her time feeding her imaginary hedgehogs and helping single words, like "twaddle" and like "balderdash," find shidduchim
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Gabriella, Israel: You forgot to add a small, yet relevant detail: The cats in the Rova love you so much, that you can't take a single step without them seeking you out. It's gotten so that you have to carry a lint roller with you at all times.
Channie & Becca: Bronagh, what a pleasure to hear from you! Please email us offline and catch us on your life! Were glad youre a fan. Were even more grateful youre a friend.
The topic of divisions among our people is painful and even, at times, political. It doesnt have to be. We can make choices (who well marry, where well send our kids to school, etc.), but we ought not to make judgments. If we cant help but yield to our imperfections and make judgments, then we are beholden to judge favorably.
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