09-12-2021, 07:27 AM
Shalom all,
My name is Alizah. I live on the NSW Central Coast in Australia. I was raised Catholic and my mother was raised secular (she was a baby boomer) and was unaware of her Jewish identity. It was a decision her parents made post WWII and came to light when I was 28 and my Bubbe (OBM) asked me to find out what happened to her biological father during her youth. She finally admitted to being Jewish not long before she passed away. Since then my mother, daughter and I have reconnected with our heritage. We have been blessed to have the guidance of two amazing Rabbi and Rebbetzins and their families. We belong to a great Jewish community and are very proud of our roots.
Covid and the ensuing lockdowns in Australia have played havoc with me personally as I am currently separated physically from my parents and daughter (my daughter lives with my parents in Sydney as she studies at University down there and looks after my parents too, while I live up on the Coast with my second husband and three stepsons). So I have joined here to make more Jewish friends and for the fellowship. I am the only Jew I know in my area and it's quite lonely here.
And that's pretty much me in a nutshell.
My name is Alizah. I live on the NSW Central Coast in Australia. I was raised Catholic and my mother was raised secular (she was a baby boomer) and was unaware of her Jewish identity. It was a decision her parents made post WWII and came to light when I was 28 and my Bubbe (OBM) asked me to find out what happened to her biological father during her youth. She finally admitted to being Jewish not long before she passed away. Since then my mother, daughter and I have reconnected with our heritage. We have been blessed to have the guidance of two amazing Rabbi and Rebbetzins and their families. We belong to a great Jewish community and are very proud of our roots.
Covid and the ensuing lockdowns in Australia have played havoc with me personally as I am currently separated physically from my parents and daughter (my daughter lives with my parents in Sydney as she studies at University down there and looks after my parents too, while I live up on the Coast with my second husband and three stepsons). So I have joined here to make more Jewish friends and for the fellowship. I am the only Jew I know in my area and it's quite lonely here.
And that's pretty much me in a nutshell.
“The highest form of wisdom is kindness.”
- The Talmud, Brachot 17a
- The Talmud, Brachot 17a