A group of hotshot Hollywood television executives sit around a table sipping Evian water, working their cellphones and bemoaning the lack of fresh ideas for a series to pull their network out of the cellar.
In an earlier column I talked about the differences between an \”almost\” and a \”beshert,\” and how I will always have a special place in my heart for that \”almost\” who helped me to find myself and the person that I\’m supposed to be with. What I realize now is that as time goes by, my \”almost,\” just like nearly every memory of old friendships, is starting to fade in importance.
As time passes, the memories that you built with your \”almost\” lose their tainted nature, and you can once again smile at them. Life changes, and before you know it, you walk around the corner and into the arms of your \”beshert,\” and all you can wish for is that all of your \”almosts\” will find theirs as well. So while I\’m sitting around with my family this Thanksgiving, I\’ll be sure to add a silent thank you to all of my \”almosts,\” as they helped me find what I\’ve been searching for.
What is a soul mate? Is it a New Age concept that defines true love? Is it a catchy phrase used by romance novelists and publishers to sell books? Or does it mean something deeper and more essential, a spiritual bond between two people that is essential to fulfilling our heart\’s destiny?
Narrated in the first person, present tense (always risky), \”Love With Noodles\” follows Gelder\’s canoodling with a string of women who enter his life just as he emerges from mourning his late beshert, Ellen. Gelder lives alone. His grown son, Eric, faces financial ruin. What\’s worse, Eric is planning to marry a non-Jew.
Once in a while, when you lose in politics, you can still win.
I\’ve been spending so much time and energy dating that it sometimes feels like an addiction.
"Shtetlgirl" was having a hard time meeting religious men. She was used to dating men she met in youth programs and schools, but at 22, away from her hometown and living in Los Angeles, she found herself without a structured forum to meet anyone.
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.