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In Reply to: I didn't grow up Jewish... posted by Harmonia on November 12, 2009 at 16:47:03:
Being Bar Mitzvah'ed is a bit different than being an altar boy. If you've ever read a language that doesn't use English characters, you know it requires concentration. Now imagine reading that language from a holy book in front of a congregation of friends, strangers and family. Each syllable has a unique inflection that must be recited in a specific melody or you change the meaning of the sentence. Finally, this is part of a ritual stretching back thousands of years that symbolizes you taking your place among adults in the community.
If you think you can do this stoned, good luck. And to portray such a ceremony as given to stoners is, again, doing no favors to Judaism. While I could appreciate it as a somewhat nifty cinematic technique by a pair of reclusive filmmakers, I think they could have made a far more powerful statement by avoiding that portrayal.
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- RE: I didn't grow up Jewish... - Jazz Inmate 16:04:28 11/13/09 (1)
- Latin does have the virtue... - Harmonia 13:47:52 11/14/09 (0)
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