Peeking into the rock

 I need to connect with other secular, politically progressive, mostly unobservant Jews (maybe also who grew up ion unobservant homes) about ways to connect more  with the  history ,community, culture, and politics of being a Jew, without attempting to claim spaces that belong to other people, and without engaging in religious arguments (I know, one of our cultural values is claiming that we love to argue, but that's not what I'm primarily here for).

It's the eve of Yom Kippur, and I'm not fasting this evening and tomorrow because diabetic, and I'm certainly not going to shul (local temple is of course full up with regulars and irregular-regulars, plus see secular above) but I feel like engaging with the philosophical core of the season & don't feel like I have much of a plan for it. I've been feeling this way for some years actually & so far all I've come up with was to feel sort of introspective & uncomfortable for a while, and I know I can do better.

This is also brought on by the recognition that there's real reasons why I have never gone back to being a reliable lefty foot soldier-my health is unreliable & it's exactly when I commit to door knocking, leafletting, or phone calls that I am most likely to have a crash & fail those commitments. So I'm trying to figure out a doable role for me, When I have the energy to think about it.

Anybody have answers, partial answers, further questions of their own they'd like to share?


(I know I rarely post & hardly ever even comment, but I'm still reading your journals & I appreciate you're all here)