I’M NOT RELIGIOUS, I’M A JEWESS

Judaism isn’t something I believe in nor something I practice. I sing songs — not prayers — and keep no sabbath but my own leisure. For me, Judaism is a beautiful bauble, passed down from my grandmother, I wear it every day, even when it clashes with my outfit.

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I’M NOT

They say that one of the lost tribes went to India. Let me be lost with them. I would take my bicycle and ankle bracelet, wrap tfillin on the handlebars and ring the bell for Miriam. Whenever I ride through Boro Park — the traffic parts — I dream of a Moses played by Amitabh Bachchan.

In India they never eat their golden cows.

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JEWESS

I sew from patterns and dispute for art’s sake.

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Amitabh Bacharach I dream a little dream of you.