My Latest Piece
Check out: “How a Workaholic Control Freak Learned to Relax: Adventures in Shabbat”
Author: Aliza Hausman
Hair Memory
That’s me at the bottom with my two or three feet of hair. In high school, a guy came up to me in the lunch room to ask me out. And then right in the middle of doing so, he stopped and stared at my hair. “Your hair kinda reminds me of pubes,” he said.… Continue reading Hair Memory
What are you?
A new documentary by Carolyn Battle Cochrane tells it like it is with a kick-ass title, “I’m Biracial, Not Black Dammit!” WANTED! Participants in video shoot of part two of “Biracial…Not Black Damn It.” If you are in New York on Sept 7th and are biracial/multiracial or mixed and want to participate in a segment… Continue reading What are you?
Venezuelan Jews Flee to Miami
According to family lore, before some of ancestors became Dominican, they were Venezuelan. The reasons why the Venezuelan part of our family hopped over to the Dominican Republic have been lost in family history. Who knows why people pick up and leave the country of their birth? Well, it’s no secret why Jews are leaving… Continue reading Venezuelan Jews Flee to Miami
How do I show my children they can be biracial and Jewish?
From a prospective convert whose “father is Jewish and mother won’t admit she is.” Can you say…complicated? But she’s less concerned for herself than her biracial children. My oldest son is under the impression that being light-skinned is the norm for the Jewish community and he is having difficulty wanting to be Jewish (although he… Continue reading How do I show my children they can be biracial and Jewish?
The Go Green Mitzvah?
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6243682&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Parshat Ki Teitzei from G-dcast.com More Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com © 20
A Broader Definition of Family
My mother used to slap us if we spoke slang. And while she never sat down to help us with our homework, as far as I can remember, she would slap us, too, if we didn’t get it done. Acting ghetto and talking ghetto alike were a big no-no in our household. My mother thought… Continue reading A Broader Definition of Family
What a Lucky Girl
The memoir, Lucky Girl is about one woman’s surprise reunion and relationship with the complicated Chinese family that gave her up for adoption when she was a baby. Spanning cultures and continents, Mei-Ling Hopgood’s memoir brings home a tale of joy and regret, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery, as she untangles the unlikely strands… Continue reading What a Lucky Girl
The Choosing America Project
The Choosing America Project is looking for true short stories that express the very essence of being an immigrant in America. We are interested in is eliciting gripping human interest short stories that will reflect the diversity of the American immigrant experience, past and present. The final goal of The Choosing America Project is to… Continue reading The Choosing America Project
Getting with it Blogging
If you’re as observant as I am, you probably haven’t noticed the changes I’ve made to the blog. I went into someone’s house the other day and for 15 minutes, they had me look around and “Guess what’s different!” I never did. For a writer, my attention to detail is really quite awful. So, what’s… Continue reading Getting with it Blogging
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 