My Views

I’m sorry for being MIA for such a long time but it has been busy here in the concerned Jew Girl world.

After speaking to a good friend I realized that there needs to be more written on the positives of religion rather than the negatives. I find that it is much easier to focus on the negative side of anything, religion the most obvious for most.

Being associated to any club, any sport or any type of forum with people in it there will be mixed views and a general club consensus. So, why is it that we feel we are better than that. The overall negative vibe coming from the blogosphere comes from fellow religious Jews, so I have one question for these people: “Why are you frum?” Nobody is pulling you into this. Nobody is threatening you if you leave, so then why do you CHOOSE to stay frum? There are of course many positives that keep us all enticed.

Sure you might not agree on the politics. Yet, when you think about it do you agree with the politics of your gym? Or, how about your children’s school, do you agree with the politics there? Or, how about your work, there are politics there, do you agree with them? Sometimes there are just many differing opinions and yours is just one of them.

Many people choose to make religion the central part of their lives. Others like to be a little bit involved but not too much. Others still are very far away from it but are still involved. Even within these examples there are many grey areas some a little more some a little less.

With all of these grey areas and so many stages of involvement it would be incredibly naïve to think that everyone would or should coexist in peace with no differing opinions. It would be silly to think that everyone would do everything in the same way shape and form. It would be ignorant to think that there were no problems with the system.

Yet, we still chose to remain a part of this group. We chose to call ourselves by certain names and associate ourselves with certain connotations that come with each group. The feeling of belonging is only one possible reason we choose to remain in a group. There are of course many others.

In my humble opinion, I am a part of a certain group because that is where I feel I belong the best. I feel that in that group my views, opinions and overall world views are expressed the best and that is why I choose to stay. Not because it’s a great fashion statement, and everyone else is doing it.