Ok, I have come to the conclusion that I just don't like the term "Orthodox Jew". I will continue to use it...for clarity sake (and sometimes saying "Torah-observant") is just too cumbersome. However there is not too much flattering about the term "Orthodox". Just the sound of it takes notions of compassion, intelligent decision-making, and tolerance and throws them out the window.
Unfortunately, I think it effects those being labeled as well. If you embrace your label, then you embrace the limitations that the label presents. Without getting into fine details, I feel that there are certain actions that an Orthodox Jew would not engage in that a just-plain-regular Jew who is shomer mitzvot would. Nothing against halacha mind you; but things such as hanging out with your Puerto Rican neighbors to go watch the Superbowl -- things like that.
I'm sorry, this post is going to be very short; because somehow I feel I am beating a dead horse. That and I am dead tired myself. It just feels good to say that I am not looking to be an "Orthodox Jew" one day; just a Jew who is serious about her avodas Hashem and adherence to mitzvot. That's my real goal folks. Laila tov!
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