Judith Shulevitz

So I think the very idea of these hard and fast limits between one kind of time and another kind of time, the time of consumption, the time of communication with somebody not in your own space, even the time of work, right? We've lost that. It's something we talk about a lot is this idea that flex time is great, but when you're working at home, you're kind of always working.

So I think the very idea of these hard and fast limits between one kind of time and another kind of time, the time of consumption, the time of communication with somebody not in your own space, even the time of work, right? We've lost that. It's something we talk about a lot is this idea that flex time is great, but when you're working at home, you're kind of always working.

It's really hard to figure out when to stop. So I really think just the very idea, it sounds a little abstract, but the very idea of a hard and fast limit. Light the candles at 410 in the winter or 715 in the spring or the summer. That idea is just bizarre. It doesn't even make sense.

It's really hard to figure out when to stop. So I really think just the very idea, it sounds a little abstract, but the very idea of a hard and fast limit. Light the candles at 410 in the winter or 715 in the spring or the summer. That idea is just bizarre. It doesn't even make sense.

Or if you read books on your Kindle, and if increasingly your books are on the Kindle, or even your Jewish texts that you study from, then what do you do about that? That's why I'm not sure that digital Sabbath is really the solution. I do think that Jewish law is constantly updating itself. You do have to make these value distinctions. If you're going to come up with a modern

Or if you read books on your Kindle, and if increasingly your books are on the Kindle, or even your Jewish texts that you study from, then what do you do about that? That's why I'm not sure that digital Sabbath is really the solution. I do think that Jewish law is constantly updating itself. You do have to make these value distinctions. If you're going to come up with a modern

shabbat right you do have to say okay fine calling mom so that my son can talk to mom driving to synagogue one of the great controversies of the mid-19th century in conservative judaism or in judaism can you drive to synagogue yes you can drive to synagogue but not to the mall you know you have to make these distinctions and hold on to these values and again just to you know flog a horse

shabbat right you do have to say okay fine calling mom so that my son can talk to mom driving to synagogue one of the great controversies of the mid-19th century in conservative judaism or in judaism can you drive to synagogue yes you can drive to synagogue but not to the mall you know you have to make these distinctions and hold on to these values and again just to you know flog a horse

You have to be part of a community where these distinctions are being made by other people as well. You know, you know that you're not going to text your friend because that friend may, in fact, read your text, may like you not turn off your phone, but is not going to answer a text unless it pertains to something shabbatistic, as we say. And so you create a set of distinctions.

You have to be part of a community where these distinctions are being made by other people as well. You know, you know that you're not going to text your friend because that friend may, in fact, read your text, may like you not turn off your phone, but is not going to answer a text unless it pertains to something shabbatistic, as we say. And so you create a set of distinctions.

It's not going to be as good as living within walking distance of your shul. And there are communities that do that. I used to live in Pelham right near New Rochelle, where there was, you know, an Orthodox community. And they did all live within walking distance of their shul. And they paid jacked up real estate prices in order to do that.

It's not going to be as good as living within walking distance of your shul. And there are communities that do that. I used to live in Pelham right near New Rochelle, where there was, you know, an Orthodox community. And they did all live within walking distance of their shul. And they paid jacked up real estate prices in order to do that.

But, you know, there is that sort of what I call screen door culture that you get from all living together. But you really have to move into a different world to do that.

But, you know, there is that sort of what I call screen door culture that you get from all living together. But you really have to move into a different world to do that.

So I began in my 20s to just feel like there was something wrong on Saturday, and I didn't quite know what it was. I was doing what people who are out of college and starting their careers do. I was hanging out with the people I work with. I was having brunch. I was schmoozing. I was networking. I was really networking. And those relationships felt very... Provisional, very contingent.

So I began in my 20s to just feel like there was something wrong on Saturday, and I didn't quite know what it was. I was doing what people who are out of college and starting their careers do. I was hanging out with the people I work with. I was having brunch. I was schmoozing. I was networking. I was really networking. And those relationships felt very... Provisional, very contingent.

It was not unconditional love. It was very conditional love. And they just didn't feel real to me. They started feeling unreal. And I started getting really depressed on those days. And I was living with a high school friend of mine who, I shouldn't have been so surprised, but I was surprised, was quite Christian. She was the daughter of a minister, so I shouldn't have been surprised.

It was not unconditional love. It was very conditional love. And they just didn't feel real to me. They started feeling unreal. And I started getting really depressed on those days. And I was living with a high school friend of mine who, I shouldn't have been so surprised, but I was surprised, was quite Christian. She was the daughter of a minister, so I shouldn't have been surprised.

But she used to go to church on Sunday. And one day I said, Jane, can I go to church with you? And she said, no. You need to go to the synagogue down the street. So I started going to the synagogue and luckily it appealed to my sense of nostalgia, right? It was very old world. And I just would sit there for, I think, a year.

But she used to go to church on Sunday. And one day I said, Jane, can I go to church with you? And she said, no. You need to go to the synagogue down the street. So I started going to the synagogue and luckily it appealed to my sense of nostalgia, right? It was very old world. And I just would sit there for, I think, a year.