Rabbis
I haven't posted for a while because I simply haven't felt the need. But I've found something fun to rant about. And given that the next year will be spent planning a wedding, I'm sure that will provide plenty of inspiration for many a blog post. (Oh yeah, to anyone who does already know or hasn't guessed, Jon and I are engaged!)
The official word for the Rabbinical Council in Toronto is that they will not perform interfaith marriages. So we've (read: Jon has) been looking for a rabbi who is not part of the mainstream (i.e. not Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) in hopes that we could find someone who was simply forward thinking. Instead, we've just found nut jobs.
Nut #1: She identifies herself as a rabbi who is a "secular humanist". I'm not really sure what that means, but okay. The "fun" part: She doesn't believe in praying to God/doesn't believe in God. Where does one even start listing the things wrong with this? We have a rabbi who doesn't like talking about God. Last time I checked, that doesn't make you a Jew; it makes you an atheist.
Nut #2: This guy will marry anyone...as long as you pay him (and his fee is substantial). And I don't just mean any two people. He once married two parrots. I think that's the punchline right there.
More to come...I'm sure.
The official word for the Rabbinical Council in Toronto is that they will not perform interfaith marriages. So we've (read: Jon has) been looking for a rabbi who is not part of the mainstream (i.e. not Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) in hopes that we could find someone who was simply forward thinking. Instead, we've just found nut jobs.
Nut #1: She identifies herself as a rabbi who is a "secular humanist". I'm not really sure what that means, but okay. The "fun" part: She doesn't believe in praying to God/doesn't believe in God. Where does one even start listing the things wrong with this? We have a rabbi who doesn't like talking about God. Last time I checked, that doesn't make you a Jew; it makes you an atheist.
Nut #2: This guy will marry anyone...as long as you pay him (and his fee is substantial). And I don't just mean any two people. He once married two parrots. I think that's the punchline right there.
More to come...I'm sure.
posted by Sonia Markes at 3:08 PM
3 Comments:
Oh, Marxism.
Wait, wrong post.
Oh, parrots.
cixnkte
So apparently Rabbis who are not mainstream are nutters. Although, I don't see what's wrong with marrying parrots, I won't lie. :P
And in other news, I do think Pilates would be good. I was not expecting my abs to feel like this today! "Subtle but intense!"
-Kate
kibtq
The solution: you and Jon turn into parrots, and have nutjob #2 marry you.
Or, alternatively, scrap your marriage plan and just buy two parrots and have them get married. You can live vicariously through them.
But I'd better still get to come to the wedding. :D
rdwcthi
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