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For 28 years, the Easter holiday was standard procedure: visit family, eat a lot, and vaguely remember that Jesus bought the farm, rose from the dead, freaked out one or more of his disciples for 40 days, and started a new religion. This year, all the sites, sounds, and smells of Easter (now celebrated with my in-laws) are the…

I didn’t want to talk about the Holocaust. In fact, I’ve avoided it for a few days now. The attempt however, is both unfair and futile. How does one avoid one of the greatest blights in human history? You can’t, because as George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”…

Shalom folks! Today I thought I’d share a few photos and experiences of Pesach here in the Bowen home. I was invited to attend two different Pesach seders, however my wife’s work schedule made it impossible for me to attend. That’s the harsh reality of Project Conversion: I can’t do everything. What I can do though,…

Pesach (Passover) is arguably the most important Jewish holiday. Beginning at sundown on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan (that’s April 18th for us this year) and lasting through the 22nd, Pesach marks the evening in which the angel of the Lord fell upon Egypt and killed the first born of every home…

Michael J. Solender, my Jewish Mentor, could see the confusion on my face as I tried to follow four simultaneous conversations going on…in the library, and not quietly. This exchange included an older gentleman from South Africa, a young lady (probably late teens, early twenties), Michael, and another woman who works at the library. I’m not sure…

Reality check, 1…2…3. I wasn’t sure what to write about for today’s post until I showed up for my math class last night. In case you’re new around here, I’m also a “non-traditional” college student. As soon as I walked into the classroom, my instructor handed me a slip of paper. “You need to get…

Three aspects serve as the cornerstones of Jewish life: Torah, Family, and Food. Indeed, food is the glue that ties the Jewish people together and likely to be the focal point of any social gathering. What strikes me most about the culinary culture is that, like the Jewish people themselves, their recipes are derivatives of the cultures…

Project Conversion is the study of struggle and serendipity. Much of what has transpired was unexpected and unintended. This has been a blessing, and I am thankful for these lessons, however there is one post I have anticipated and looked forward to exploring since this journey began: Jacob’s struggle with the angel. “Jacob remained alone, and…

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath (rest) unto the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work…For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that…

We’ve all heard the saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” and the last three months have taught me that hell is a state of mind in which your soul is in anguish due to separation from the divine. Much like a child cut off and lost in the woods with nothing…
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