Leah Jones
Some thoughts about Israel
One This morning on the train it occurred to me that I’m a convert and I remembered that I chose this. When I converted, almost 10 years...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 6, 2012
- 2 min
How not to welcome interfaith families
It begins to happen at the beginning of December, the invitations to cool Jewish events that happen on December 24th and 25th. The...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 3, 2003
- 2 min
Lets Talk About Sex, Rabbi
Kosher Sex by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was the first book I read about Judaism, so it should have seemed natural that when I was converting...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 2, 2003
- 4 min
Shabbat and the Single Girl
I’m 28, single and Jewish in Chicago. Like most single Jewish women, that means JDate, JCC events, and being set up by well-meaning...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 2, 2003
- 2 min
Mezuzah and The Single Girl
The day I moved into my condo, just two blocks from my synagogue, my rabbi came over to help me hang my mezuzah. Nine months later, when...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 2, 2003
- 2 min
Reiki and The Single Girl
A few days after my thirtieth birthday, I woke up with intense back pain. Had I gone rock climbing and suffered a great fall? Spent the...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 2 min
Identity and the Single Girl
In May of 1998, I graduated from Millikin University with a degree in Chemistry. By July I moved cross country to southern Colorado to be...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 2 min
Style and the Single Girl
An Open Letter to Cathy Lee; There was a time, and there are photographs to prove it, when I thought that a great outfit was a pair of...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 1 min
Dating Jewish? Thoughts from a Jew by Choice.
Leah Jones is an administrative assistant by day, a writer by night and an aspiring ballroom dancer. A proud Jew by choice, she shares...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 2 min
Career Path and the Single Girl
In the summer of 2005, I was given two options by the PR agency where I was temping. Go temp-to-perm and become an Administrative...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 3 min
For Love or Money
I didn’t have a job when I walked across the stage at my college graduation. At parties that night, I told my friends, “I have three...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 2 min
Shmuley and the Single Girl: Kosher Sex?
As a liberal, single Jewish woman, it would be very tempting to brush off Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s teachings. After all, he is a Hassidic...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 2 min
Trope and the Single Girl
“Leah, it doesn’t have to be so sexy.” That’s my cantor for you. She knows that I’m 29, going on 13, and she can say things differently...
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Leah Jones
- Jan 1, 2003
- 3 min
Chanukah: Creating Tradition
As the holidays rolled around this year, I found myself a bit more teary eyed than I expected. My mom and I were doing Thanksgiving at a...
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Leah Jones
- Dec 31, 2002
- 3 min
Annual Report
Although I have started conducting my life on fiscal years (July 1 to June 30), I thought I would do a wrap up of what has been a really...
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