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RABBLE-ROUSER SHUCKLEMANIA © 2004 Jordan Margolis Hi, I'm Jordan Margolis and I'm a Shuckleholic. And on this solemn day of confession, I come to you, my congregation, to confess my sin of wishful chatter. As Membership Chairman of JRC, I walk around town with one of our "Hello, my name is" stickers, and I'm often asked, "JRC huh; so what makes you such a jerk?" But rather than responding with our shpiel about being "the In Jews" -- intimate, inclusive and interesting -- I tell them my dream of what JRC could be -- The North Shore Shul for Shucklers! Some of you may know that the verb "shuckle" describes the rhythmic body movement of Jews in prayer. Unlike almost all other aspects of Judaism, there are no rules. Anything goes. Neither the Torah nor the Talmud mention shuckling. You can't do it wrong. No Rabbi or Hebrew School teacher can correct you. That's probably why I've always found shuckling to be so seductive. Yes, my friends, I'm a confirmed Shuckleholic, and you can be too. Let me demonstrate a slow shuckle followed by a snappy shuckle. Then, I invite any of you would-be shucksters to come up and join me here on the bimah for the First JRC Shuckle Aliyah. (Slow sample shuckle; snappy shuckle sample) Now come up at join either the slow or snappy shuckle group. Yamod JRC Shucklemeisters. PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION |
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