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Happy Easter to those who are reading blogs today and celebrating Easter - they are not mutually exclusive.
As I've written before, I've walked the stations of the cross in Jerusalem and I went to a Catholic university. Most of my roommates were Catholic, though I had one who was a Unitarian and one of my closest friends at college was Episcopal. But I've had as much exposure to Easter as many Christians - more than some and, of course, less than others. For example, my favorite memory of one Ohio blogger is how I learned from him about the butter lamb. How I'd lived life up until then without knowing of that tradition, I will never know. Gloria Ferris and a few others also educated me on the butter lamb.
If you don't know about butter lambs or other holidays and their traditions, Cleveland freelance writer, Sandy Mitchell appears to be the webmistress of a new blog called All Holiday Cafe. She's already posted my take on Purim, but also a collection of links to What Do Jews Do items from the past which you can find here.
If you are interested in learning about how a pretty secular Jew who grew up Reform, went to a Catholic school, participated in two Methodist Church missions, spent a year in Israel, taught on a kibbutz and in a Connecticut Reform Sunday school, only to end up meeting her husband at one of the largest conservative synagogues in the country and wind up on the board of a conservative synagogue (not to mention class speaker for the synagogue's first graduating class from its leadership institute) manages to incorporate all that into a life that includes religion, then you might find any one of these entries interesting in addition to the ones Sandy lists, in chronological order from the oldest to the newest:
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur 2005:
What Jews do Part III
Chanuka 2005 (these have a lot of photos)
O Chanuka O Chanuka Come Light the Menorah
Shabbaton 2006
Passover 2006
What Do Jews Do, Passover: I can't make the crunch, I'll make the crunch
What do Jews Do: Passover, Part V
Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron, Yom Haatzmaut 2006
This is about Selichot - which is a period of days before Rosh Hashana when you start the new year and atonement process - these are both from 2006:
Who Knew Barbie's a Jew Coming to a synagogue near you
Shabbat 2006
Thoughts for Shabbat (***Shabbat is celebrated every single week, from sunset to sunset, Friday to Saturday; this entry is just one that I wrote about that experience)
Chanuka 2006
My Lights are Better Than Your Lights
Bar Mitzvah
Rosh Hashana 2007
What do Jews do....Rosh Hashana 2007
And, if you've ever wondered what Jews do on secular holidays or the holidays observed by American Christians:
There are many other posts in which I talk about Judaism, based on my experiences and choices for how to express it.
Have a lovely Easter - the weather at least is cooperating.
