I’ve always disliked going to services. I can’t follow and I am bored out of my mind. I’ve seen articles like At Synagogues, Services Open Doors for the Deaf as there are a few places that do this. It’s great. I admit a lot of the boredom is my own fault, but we also do the services in a foreign language that I barely read and understand. So sitting closer to the front doesn’t do a lot of good.
Why do I bother going to services? Because it’s the right thing to do. I’ve been going to services for important holidays and special events since I was a young’un, and it would feel wrong to stop going. I try to read a book on my religion while in services as a way of immersing myself into the religion.