Joking around with Elisheva, we were talking about the parsha and she joked that I should become a rabbi because I know so much (even though I was in the middle of mixing up the rituals of the ben sorer umoreh and the sotah at the time). So I told her, off-hand, that a modern Orthodox woman has received semicha along with the title of either “Maharat” or “Rabba.” (Google it yourself and pick your favourite!) Anyway, she paused not even for a second before blurting: “Oh, modern Orthodox! Modern Orthodox is basically Conservative with their… happy Yom HaAtzamaut, and let’s all… celebrate Shabbat . Wear a long Israeli skirt !” All of which in a kind of sing-song, twirling around the kitchen. Ohkay. I dunno. I don’t see this as intolerance, even though, in public or coming from an adult, I definitely would. Sometimes it just makes me happy that my kids are so confident of where they stand in the Jewish world. Life is THAT simple when ...