Originally, I was intrigued by the idea of going to the meeting at the Drumlins clubhouse, but I knew that I had to go to Rosh Hashanah services (otherwise my mom would have called me a "bad jew") so I just took the easy way out and decided to write my wrap on something that had to do with Rosh Hashanah.
When I got to the Hillel, I figured I would get some good sound clips and base the angle of the story off of that. This almost worked out perfectly. I was sitting at brunch with some of the brothers of A. E. PI. and I asked them if they were going to be having so many parties all semester. One of the brothers said, "Yeah, we're taking a break for the High Holy Days, [Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the two most important holidays in the Jewish calendar] but after that we will be 'throwing down' [having a party] every weekend." Unfortunately, I didn't have my tape recorder out. Had I recorded that quote, I would have taken the "religion over beer" approach, but I missed it and I had to interview the leader of the service.
The interview went well and my best short quote was the about the apples and honey, so I used it.
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Your story was very good as it was, so it was somewhat of a good thing that you didn't take a religion over beer approach. Also, interviewing the leader of the service seems like a more reliable source than a frat brother.
Very 'interesting' Tyler. While getting quotes from brothers and AEPI fraternity would have been fun, I think the fact that you got a quote from the leader of the service gives your story more credibility. The story in itself was good, and I felt you covered it like a 'good' Jew should.
The story was very well written, like Jameson said. If you had your tape recorder with you at the time I think that would have been a great angle to take on the Rosh Hashannah event, especially since multiple other people were doing similar stories. I guess you'll just have to carry your tape recorder around like it's your Bible, well in your case torah.
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