![]() ![]() She writes on her blog at least once a week from her desktop computer in her sunny upstairs office. ![]() In contrast, comments on my blog are heartfelt and thoughtful.”Īs far as she knows, she’s the only 50-something woman studying for her bat mitzvah who’s chronicling the journey in an online diary. “Seeing how mean-spirited people were about stories I wrote was one of the most demoralizing parts of being a reporter there. “Readers’ comments have been wonderful - which is so different from ,” she said. Her readers include at least two Episcopal ministers and a lapsed Muslim, not to mention relatives, friends, friends of friends and former co-workers from her days as a San Francisco Chronicle business reporter. ![]() “I knew the blog would help me think about the bat mitzvah process in a deeper manner.” “I think things through much better by writing than by talking,” said DeBare, whose bat mitzvah is scheduled for February 2011 at Temple Sinai in Oakland. Her thoughts range from the mundane (such as the roots of Hebrew words or the latest novel she read) to the profound (such as ruminations on God, the afterlife and the Sabbath). The Oakland woman, 52, started the online journal when she began studying in October for what she has dubbed her “midlife bat mitzvah.” That is also the title of her blog:. My 12-year-old did it,” she says to herself. “Twelve-year-olds are doing this every day. ![]() When practicing trope gets her down, Ilana DeBare has a mantra that motivates her to dive into even the most daunting of her bat mitzvah studies. ![]()
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