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Show Howard Marc u s second inter. tpe l.p.3 religious beliefs, at least I can und erstand what they're saying-Amy language. They're speaking En glish . Maybe a few words of Latin in the catholic service, but eseentially it's in English. At least I know what is goin g on. I went to an orthodox, completely orthodox, ultra orthodox service in Boston at one point. And I felt 100% out of place. The entire service was done in Hebrew. All of the men there were men onl y in the service, in the congregation and they allhad the prayer shawls and th yarmulkahs and I didn't have the faintest idea what was going on. I mean, it was absolutely--I was lost- a-just as if I were in a foreign country. And going into the congre--kol ami s y nagogue, I feel alittle bit this wa y. No where near thatbad, iffiaH, I mean, nowhere near that straonge . After all I am a member. I-I-I- I can't say thati feel really uncomfortable or out of place but it is strange. It's different. It's just the fact that it's different from mybackground. LK Do you feel judged ... by not putting the yarmulkah on and not wearing prayer shawl, you feel you are implicitly, even if they re not saying it, that they 're ~ying you are not jewish--is your jewish identity disregarded. HM No, No, I ca't say that. And I don't feel that other members are looking at me with distate or dislike or looking down i upon me for not dressing in such a manner. I dont feel that. I fe~l a little uncomfortable not because I'm different fromthem but becuse they are different from me. You see the distinction. You see, when I went into b'nai istael, everyone was dressed like I wasdressed. Bareheaded and no praye r shawl. Oh occasionaly someone would come with a yarmulkah, usually an out of town visitors. someone like that. But --and they ma y have felt somewhat out of place, I ~n;t know. But I never did because I was dressed like the majority and this was my background. This was the way I always went to temple. Thisis the wa y Iwas confirmed. This was t my relig ious training. Now to go to a conservative service or an ~rthodo x service is just as strange to me as I say as if I went to a Buddhist service or a Chinese service, or a Greek orthodox service. LK SO youfe~l ¢ totally disconnected f romthe hebrew language. HM Oh, yes because I never had any knowledge of it. Not taht IIDuldn't like to. I would like to know Hebrew. I would like to go to Israel and be able to understand the langua ge . Speak the language. I don't kno if I ~ill ever study it. I think I'm too old now, but I wish I had. |
