Wednesday, May 27, 2009
rituals
My Right of Passage
In the Jewish religion we have many holidays and celebrations that we hold as important. One of the most important days in a Jewish persons life is the day of their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. I know this true, defiantly in my own case. I started preparing for my Bat-Mitzvah about 5 months in advance, but my mom and I started figuring out the major details about a year before my date. My mom and I went to about 20 places before we picked the location of my reception. We also had to pick a DJ, a decorator, and a caterer. On top of all those decisions, I had to study my torah portion for 5 months with the cantor of my temple.
The big day finally arrived, and I knew I was finally a woman in the Jewish tradition. Even though I was only 13, I knew that I now had a responsibility to the people of my religion and my Jewish homeland, Israel. I did an amazing job on my torah portion and the rest of my service. All of my friends and family said I did amazing. I felt so good that all my hard work and time was worth it and paid off in the end. All there was left to do was party, and that I did.
In the Jewish religion we have many holidays and celebrations that we hold as important. One of the most important days in a Jewish persons life is the day of their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. I know this true, defiantly in my own case. I started preparing for my Bat-Mitzvah about 5 months in advance, but my mom and I started figuring out the major details about a year before my date. My mom and I went to about 20 places before we picked the location of my reception. We also had to pick a DJ, a decorator, and a caterer. On top of all those decisions, I had to study my torah portion for 5 months with the cantor of my temple.
The big day finally arrived, and I knew I was finally a woman in the Jewish tradition. Even though I was only 13, I knew that I now had a responsibility to the people of my religion and my Jewish homeland, Israel. I did an amazing job on my torah portion and the rest of my service. All of my friends and family said I did amazing. I felt so good that all my hard work and time was worth it and paid off in the end. All there was left to do was party, and that I did.
Versus
Everywhere I look, I see a diversity of people walking our streets. Streets filled with Caucasians, Mexicans, Asians, blacks, and many more. Usually these days’ people take the easy way and hang out with their own kind of people. If people took some time to introduce themselves to other people in different groups, they might have a more diverse group of friends. Whenever we look at a group of people we aren’t familiar with, we always judge them by their appearances. We have to start accepting different cultures, and accepting ideas other than our own. People’s cultures can actually be similar to ours if we find the time to compare and contrast them. What might be normal to me might be frowned upon in their culture or environment. Our neighborhood and surrounding environments are filled with every type of person and us as a society need to accept that and be open minded. Media and other forms brain wash me to think something is normal when most people aren’t even like that. I need to live life the way I want to live it and not have someone else or a group of people tell me otherwise.
Social Networking
Alyssa Renard is Appreciative of Facebook 11:08 AM
When I was younger, even a freshman in high school, I really didn’t know much about the internet and what the kids did on it. First I started with MySpace, and at first I didn’t like it but then got used to the networking and how it worked. But after a while I would always get these viruses when using MySpace. A little bit later I heard about facebook, which was created for the older crowd of people on the internet (college and above). I started going on facebook more, since more of my friends started using it. While being on facebook I’ve reconnected with former friends from the different schools I’ve attended. I love finding out what they’ve been doing since I Iast saw them. I also love seeing in pictures how much they’ve grown and changed. It is so crazy to me, because mostly everybody looks so different; that when they want to add me, I have no clue who they are. I’m so appreciative that there is a place where I can reconnect with friends and learn about their new lives. A lot of my friends have moved to different places to pursue their dreams, and I still connect with them through facebook. So in the end, I’m glad for the creation of facebook, that all my dead relationships have been reborn.
When I was younger, even a freshman in high school, I really didn’t know much about the internet and what the kids did on it. First I started with MySpace, and at first I didn’t like it but then got used to the networking and how it worked. But after a while I would always get these viruses when using MySpace. A little bit later I heard about facebook, which was created for the older crowd of people on the internet (college and above). I started going on facebook more, since more of my friends started using it. While being on facebook I’ve reconnected with former friends from the different schools I’ve attended. I love finding out what they’ve been doing since I Iast saw them. I also love seeing in pictures how much they’ve grown and changed. It is so crazy to me, because mostly everybody looks so different; that when they want to add me, I have no clue who they are. I’m so appreciative that there is a place where I can reconnect with friends and learn about their new lives. A lot of my friends have moved to different places to pursue their dreams, and I still connect with them through facebook. So in the end, I’m glad for the creation of facebook, that all my dead relationships have been reborn.
"Bikinis & Tiaras: Quinceaneras" in Girls on the Verge
People have taken the beautiful tradition of coming into their religion as an adult, and have turned it into a money brawl. It is all about who has the biggest party, best wardrobe, the best DJ, and who in the end shows up to your fiesta. Many young teens have been spoiled rotten, and their parents think the easiest way of not dealing with them is giving them anything they want. That is not parenting, that is called laziness. I think as a society we really need to evaluate, what is really important to us.
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