A Soulful Journey

The late Ephraim Levine once upset a member of the fashionable New West End Synagogue off Bayswater Road in London. The offended member accosted Levine in the street. "Reverend," he declared, "I'm leaving your congregation and joining the Reform." "Mr. Cohen," the reverend replied, "Does it really matter which synagogue you don't attend?" - Jewish Chronicle 6/18/82 When there is a difference of opinion in the way we see ourselves and the way others see us , it is often wise to listen.

"True, the old man was a member of the synagogue, and his brother too, but they could never accept the fact that their son was Jewish.  "How did it happen?" his father asked bewildered."   - Without Feathers , Woody Allen One of the consequences of following tradition is that it leaks to the next generation.  One of the consequences of separation from tradition is that there is a vacuum; the tradition ends.