The authority of tissues and skin: My return to a less westernized Jewish practice

The authority of tissues and skin: My return to a less westernized Jewish practice

October 18, 2017 Opinion, Perspectives

After a year of feeling alien among my own people – observant Jews – and of my political faith in Judaism faltering, new habits, and a fresh worldview, found me. If I was to have a spiritual practice, I realized, I would need something I could see and feel.

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