Op-Ed: Missing the comfort of ‘my’ seat in synagogue when the whole world is askew
One Saturday morning last fall I arrived at my synagogue, only to discover that someone had taken my seat.
I’ve never been a regular at a bar or a restaurant or even a gym. But on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, I go to synagogue. And I always sit in the same place: on the aisle, not too close to the front, not too far from the action. A couple of rows behind Ruth and Reuven, across the aisle from Cheryl, just in front of Len.
What happens when you get bumped from your regular place, your set