Every Jewish Mother's Worst Nightmare

摘要

I Was A Young Girl Of 12 When The Yom Kippur War broke out in the Middle East in 1973. I remember sitting glued to the television news with my mother with a sick feeling in my stomach, as though it was my very own home un der attack. Since that time, I've considered myself a Jew first and an American second. That's why it's incredibly sad that as a 42-year-old single woman I feel at best ignored, at worst totally abandoned, by Judaism. There's no tradition of being happily single in the Jewish religion. Whereas a Christian woman can aspire to be the next Mother Teresa, the Jews have the likes of Jessica Sklar, best known for marrying Jerry Seinfeld, as a role model. This value can be traced all the way back to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, which says that it's not good for a person to be alone and urges man and woman to procreate.