tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386410890156552579.post4836367456138171946..comments2023-11-02T08:38:24.838-04:00Comments on Star of Davida: Blogging the JOFA Conference: Blogging for ChangeTalia bat Pessihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17676034506997700803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386410890156552579.post-48491036812243441722014-01-31T13:37:25.969-05:002014-01-31T13:37:25.969-05:00Please tell your friend Avigayil Halpern that, whi...Please tell your friend Avigayil Halpern that, while I'm happy to hear that she now wears tzitzit and tefillin, I think she might wish to consider getting up earlier and davvening Shacharit/praying the Morning Service at home, as I do (for lack of *any* minyan, much less an egalitarian one, within walking distance), rather than on the train. Maybe it's different on "commuter" trains, but I've been riding the New York City subways for something like 40 years, and I've never seen anyone in tefillin on the train. (I will readily admit that I, too, am ambivalent about wearing tzitzit and tefillin outside of home or synagogue, and would probably not have the nerve to "gear up" for Shacharit in an airport or on a plane.)<br /><br />I'm so delighted that you're a member in good standing of the Jewish blogosphere. I really enjoy reading your posts. Maybe next year, I'll put my reservations about showing up at the JOFA Conference--I've always hesitated to attend because JOFA is Orthodox and I'm Conservative--and check it out. Truth to tell, if I had known in advance that Israeli singer Ofir Ben-Shitrit, about whom I've posted several times, was going to perform there, I would have thrown caution to the wind and gone anyway.Shira Salamonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989302669175887512noreply@blogger.com