Tag: Jewish

• I Got Stuck Behind a Javelina!

  

  A lot of my time in Tucson is viewed from the perspective I get riding my bike. One of the reasons I spend the winter in Tucson is the accessibility of riding. The city of Tucson has made a considerable investment in cycling infrastructure. It has built what is locally referred to as “the loop.”…

  Gary Merel

  April 8, 2024

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• A Case of Mistaken Identity

  

  I am by no means religious. I was raised as a Reformed Jew in a middle-class town in New Jersey. My partner and I were invited to a Friday night Shabbat dinner at a friend’s house visiting Tucson. Shabbat is the Jewish Sabbath. It was an invitation for connection and community. We are not religious…

  Gary Merel

  March 10, 2024

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  cancer, Cancer diagnosis, cancer recovery, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, Colon cancer, defininf ourselves, Grace, jew, Jewish, love, personal connection, personal judgement, psilocybin, psychedelic medicine, Reformed Jew, relatioinship, sabbath, Sanoran Desert, Shabbat, tucson

• Why I decide to become a Bar Mitzvah at 69?

  

  The first question that might come mind when reading the title of this blog is, why become a Bar Mitzvah at 69? Why initiate myself into a life I am already living? That doesn’t make sense. I actually became a Bar Mitzvah when I was 13. The traditional age when a Jewish boy or girl…

  Gary Merel

  December 11, 2022

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