Embarrassed Poem by gershon hepner
Embarrassed
Funerals and weddings are about
the family you’re embarrassed to belong to;
as soon as arrive you’re filled with doubt,
and wish to leave, but know it would be wrong to.
On 12/13/05 Teri Gross interviewed Roger Bennett and Jules Shell who wrote Bar Mitzvah Disco, examining photographs of barmitzvahs celebrated in the 1980’s. One of the two authors said: “Bar mitzvah is the time a young Jew celebrates growing up with a family are the people you’re embarrassed to belong to.”
12/13/05
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4/26/2024 7:03:27 PM # 1.0.0.1119
A clever reworking. I enjoy the way you take off from an idea or concept and allow it to become your inspiration. I am at a slight disadvantage, having the blood of Israel without the traditions. (My mother was a Russian Jew.) I was raised Episcopalian by my father's family. Mazeltov! Hugh