Comments on: Ask Shuli: Shabbat Mixer http://tcjewfolk.com/shuli-shabbat-mixer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shuli-shabbat-mixer Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:07:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christopher Bargeron http://tcjewfolk.com/shuli-shabbat-mixer/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Christopher Bargeron Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:47:26 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=4506#comment-1507 I think you got it right, Shuli. Shabbat dinner is a great opportunity for Jews and non-Jews to share the homey hospitality that deepens friendship and makes for great memories. I wonder if we worry that sharing our practices and customs with non-Jewish friends might somehow re-enforce the idea of "otherness" -- that we are different. I think that the home-based practices of Judaism can seem very attractive to people of different faiths, or of no faith at all. Who doesn't love a warm home? Also, the book you recommend -- A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home -- is a fantastic resource. Thanks for sharing it! I think you got it right, Shuli. Shabbat dinner is a great opportunity for Jews and non-Jews to share the homey hospitality that deepens friendship and makes for great memories. I wonder if we worry that sharing our practices and customs with non-Jewish friends might somehow re-enforce the idea of “otherness” — that we are different. I think that the home-based practices of Judaism can seem very attractive to people of different faiths, or of no faith at all. Who doesn’t love a warm home?

Also, the book you recommend — A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home — is a fantastic resource. Thanks for sharing it!

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