What Love Means
What Love Means Written by Shana Kronish In January, I started a year-long learning experience with Rabbi Lehrfield, called the Adult B’nei Mitzvah Experience. During one of our monthly classes, we talked about the Jewish concept of love. “In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice What is Jane Austen saying here? What does Love mean? Literature, movies, television, music, they all give us an impression of an ever consuming idea of love. Disney princesses taught me about a love at first sight, a love that has to overcome dragons, evil stepmothers, and most importantly a sea monster. I moved from fairytales to Shakespeare, Jane Austin, and many other authors who portray love as being filled with passion and magnetisms, despite social structure or life circumstances. This romantic idea of love is wonderful! To lose yourself in anot