A recent post at JEWCY explores one woman’s adventures in dating. I’d have to agree that the single world can have its surprises. In this case, the author takes the unusual view of looking at her own Jewish identity by examining who she has dated. How about we expand this idea? Each individual identity is based not only on our own opinion but our relationship to other events in our lives. We could examine our Jewish identity by looking at our housing situations, in Boston or beyond. Or we could look at where we have spent major Jewish holidays and how far we would travel from Boston to make them possible.

Here is the link to the full article of Lilit Marcus reflections of her Jewish identity through dating article. What’s your take on it?