“Spiritual but not religious.” The mantra by which many young Jews describe themselves
Joe was a man in his early twenties who was once a regular shul-goer, but had stopped coming about a year ago. I met him one day and mentioned that he was missed.
He replied, “I decided I prefer spirituality to religion, so instead of going to shul, I like to go out into the woods and commune with nature and with G-d.”
“That sounds great, but when was the last time you did that?” I asked.
He hesitated, but was very honest. “Rabbi, I confess, it has been a very long time,” he said sheepishly. “ Many months, in fact.”
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