Elul 5: Come In by Angela Buchdahl
You know that feeling: when you walk into an impossibly chic boutique or a country club as someone’s guest and people let you know, you don’t really belong. The insiders are polite; they will greet you and even help you navigate your way. But they don’t truly welcome you. You’re a guest, a visitor, not expected to become a member of the club. For a long time, this is how the Jewish community has also treated the non-Jews in our midst. Not just those who come into our synagogues and JCC’s as one-time visitors, but those married to Jews or raising
