Back in NYC
Observations: NYC is really dirty. Can’t believe I have to walk. I’m not paying that much for avocados! Where is the organic fruit?! Spent most of the day recovering from the flight back home… Fibromyalgia: 5 points. Aliza: ZERO.
Author: Aliza Hausman
Wrapping up
Hello, little blog, I have clawed my way through hours of writing for my book, for homework (for my online classes at Gotham Writer’s Workshop) and in response to emails from readers and I have found my way back to you. My trip to Los Angeles is almost over. I’m multitasking by packing and writing.… Continue reading Wrapping up
Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit
I like to tell myself that I’m the healthiest sick person I know. Thanks to a pain management program that demands 30-minutes of daily heart stimulating exercise, I get more exercise than most of my much skinner friends. Despite this, according to my BMI (calculated online), I’m overweight for my height. And I’m not getting… Continue reading Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit
Air hugs and kisses…
My latest piece, “Air Hugs: Fibromyalgia and the Power of Touch” is now up on Chabad.org. The piece focuses on what my battle with fibromyalgia taught me about touch. It also gives the reader information about fibromyalgia and how I’ve learned to cope with it.
Thunderous Laughter
Robert Downey, Jr. plays Australian method actor in African-American role in Tropic Thunder. Ben Stiller movies usually make me very, very uncomfortable. Kind of like the way I feel about Jack Black movies but at least in those, I have found myself laughing in spite of myself every now and again. Ben Stiller movies after… Continue reading Thunderous Laughter
Converts on the True Colors of the Jewish Community
Interfaithfamily.com just reprinted an article of mine from PresenTense Magazine. Check out: Converts on the True Colors of the Jewish Community. “Do Jews who negatively react to my skin color forget that they were once slaves in Egypt and strangers in another land?” Rapper Y-Love (aka Yitzchak Jordan) was interviewed for the piece.
Coming Out
From signnetwork.com. I’m having a hard time relating to this article, When Converting Telling Your Family Might Be The Hardest Part. Oh, right, maybe that’s because when I told my father, he laughed.
When I grow up…
A favorite author of mine who’s been keeping me up these late nights is Pulitzer Prize winner, Jhumpa Lahiri. I would like to pretend that I alone discovered this national treasure but the fact that her most recent collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, debuted at #1 on the New York Times best seller list… Continue reading When I grow up…
A Nation Divided: Coping with Racism in the Jewish Community
Here is my latest piece for Interfaithfamily.com. I’m posting it before it’s published on the web and will eventually replace this text with a link to the website: A Nation Divided: Coping with Racism in the Jewish Community “So where you from?” they ask. “New York,” I say. “No, really. Where you from?” “New York!”… Continue reading A Nation Divided: Coping with Racism in the Jewish Community
Crying on Tisha B’Av
My first Tisha B’Av was spent at the OU in Jerusalem. The best part of this might shock you, but it was definitely that there were plenty of people there that were twice or three times my age at services. When it came time for Eichah to be read, I sat in a chair with… Continue reading Crying on Tisha B’Av
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 