{"id":3131,"date":"2008-06-01T13:25:18","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T21:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2008-06-01T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2008-06-01T23:31:07","slug":"david-suissa-i-heart-shuvuot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3131","title":{"rendered":"David Suissa: ‘I Heart Shuvuot’"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a sneak peak at excerpts of David Suissa’s column in next week’s Jewish Journal:<\/font><\/p>\n

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In most suburban congregations, other than the occasional blintz offering, no one really talks about Shavout, but last week I had lunch with an old Moroccan woman who let me in on a secret – she was alive when God gave us the Torah at Mount Sinai<\/st1:place> 3200 years ago.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Tonight in a kosher restaurant in Pico\/Robertson, I reflected on the difference between perception and reality. It’s true that there’s plenty of apathy about Shuvuot, but that’s only because we as Jews have not adequately marketed it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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If I had a million dollars to create a PR campaign for Shuvuot, I would tell the story of this old Moroccan woman… <\/font><\/p>\n

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Back in the old country we understood how God’s giving the Torah was really a metaphor for something more meaningful…<\/font><\/p>\n

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Back in Morocco<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, we were so poor we couldn’t afford dairy. Instead we ate dirt on Shuvuot… But we ate it with love in our hearts and it tasted delicious.<\/font><\/p>\n

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In Australia, they prepare a special drink for Shuvuot. They mix milk with marmite…<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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