Welcome! ברוכים הבאים!
Gosh, I'm so happy you found this blog! Welcome! A little about me: Hi, I'm Tamar, or using my and my husband's initials תלם, pronounced Telem. A telem in Hebrew is a rut in the ground where seeds are sown. More on that shortly. I'm an orthodox Jewish mom on a mission to spread Jewish joy. The interesting thing about being orthodox is that many people have heard about us but most people haven't met one of us. In that vacuum, some might assume that all those negative media depictions are accurate and that we spend our days sitting in a box of rules and wait for the day to break free. This is a stereotype and like all stereotypes there are reasons for why they exist. Still, only a wilfully ignorant person would go so far as to reduce a minority people to their worst, dysfunctional members. I didn't grow up religious so I think it's fair to say I can understand the perspectives of Jewish and Nonjewish people. Where I grew up most people will never meet Jews....