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 you’re 14. Sooner or later, life