Abandoning Eden
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Assistant Professor of Sociology |
| Location | The South, United States |
| Introduction | I grew up right wing modern orthodox Jewish, stopped keeping shabbas and kosher (secretly) in 1997 when I was 15, told my parents I was no longer religious in family therapy in 2000, reminded them a few more times in 2003 (until it finally sunk in), and admitted to myself that I didn't believe in god in 2006. In 2007 I met my husband B, an atheist and lapsed catholic, and we married in 2009. In 2010 I finished my PhD, we moved to the South where I got a job as an assistant professor, and we bought a house. In July 2013 we had a baby girl, C. This blog is where I write about my relationship with my orthodox family, growing up jewish and going "off the derech," being a mom, home owner stuff, my veggie/fruit/herb gardening, my dogs Barkley and Max, and various other things I care about. I can be contacted by emailing abandoningeden (at) gmail (dot) com. I reserve all rights to post any email sent to me to this blog. I don't respond to emails very regularly. |
| Interests | Live music, blogging, finding sociological explanations for everything, following politics, reading an insane amount of books, camping, music festivals, camping at music festivals, growing an herb garden, rabble-rousing |