Pretty please, with a kosher (or not) maraschino cherry on top, grant me forgiveness… For the sin I have committed against You by overdoing the Jew-ish joke around Christian friends. And for engaging in idolatry by worshipping Channing Tatum. For not plugging the earphones all the way into the iPhone headphone jack and blasting Christmas music at the JCC gym, at which point the aging Jewish exercisers couldn’t help themselves from breaking out into an “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” flash mob. And for knowing the word intermarriage. For only going to shul on the Shabbats when oneg was sponsored…
Author: Sarah Garfinkel
Sarah Garfinkel
Sarah Garfinkel is a California transplant living in Brooklyn. You can read more of her writing at www.sarahgarfinkelwriting.com.