Did you hear the story about the African-American (and Hispanic) kids and the swim club? Basically, a camp took their kids to a private swim club (they had paid for the privilege) and while there, they heard all sorts of comments like “What are all these black kids doing here?” If that wasn’t enough damage… Continue reading Too Black to Swim Here
Hey, y’all, I’ve been meaning to apologize for not having Jewishy content up during holidays, fast days and such. Even if I can’t come up with something interesting to say, I’m going to try to link back to cool stuff on those days. You can yell at me if you don’t see something up here.
Here’s something I wrote last week…. Lately, I’ve been too depressed to write. I can’t get motivated to write my book. I can’t get motivated to write any new articles. Mostly, I can’t get motivated. Sometimes, I wonder what life would be like if I wasn’t depressed. But I can’t remember if there was ever… Continue reading D is for Depression
Are you Jewish? Can you prove it? ”Rabbinate refuses to marry Jewish couple over adoption suspicion” It won’t be just converts having to show their papers anymore. Do you have your certificate of Jewishness handy? Orthodox Women Rabbis? ”Between a rav and a hard place” Profile on Rabbi Avi Weiss wonders whether or not the rav has… Continue reading News of Note
Yeah, my family would kill me if they read this. But that’s okay, I survived them trying to kill me before. Here is the second stand-up comedy routine I came up with for class. Aliza on Breeding My sister-in-law is 7. My husband is 27. People can’t control themselves when they hear this so they… Continue reading Stand-up Comedy Routine #2
“Post-racial America.” I’m wondering if someone makes money every time someone in the news media uses that term. Is it copyrighted? Because honestly, if it is…cha-ching! You know how I feel about “post-racial America.” We’ve come a long way, baby, but we still have a long way to go. But enough about me. Let Melissa Harris-Lacewell… Continue reading America: Post-Racial, Multiracial, Mixed Racial, Racist…
Because some people’s lives are better than soap operas! I am absolutely obsessed with Philippa Gregory novels. My sister gave me a copy of “The Queen’s Fool,” about a Spanish Jewess escaping the Inquisition in Queen Mary I’s England, and then my mother-in-law lent me her copy of “The Other Boleyn Girl,” about those infamous… Continue reading Snorting Books
Why do we like fairy tales? Do we like them because they always end in “happily ever after”? Do we like them because they are so far removed from our harsh realities? Do we like them because they take us back to an age (you know, like never for me) where the words “harsh realities”… Continue reading Fallen Princesses
As you may have read on previous posts and/or Twitter, I am taking a Stand-up Comedy class at Santa Monica College. (I’m also taking a Figure Drawing class and a Memoir Writing class.) My husband, being ever supportive as always, has already decided I’m the funniest person in my class even though he’s never been… Continue reading Stand-up Comedy Routine #1
Post-Racial Rabbis. An article from Moment Magazine on African-American rabbis (though strikingly, no Orthodox rabbis despite the fact that there definitely are African-American Orthodox rabbis) meant to highlight Jewish diversity might only compound common beliefs held about non-Orthodox movements and converts. Um, when do we get to see an article about Latino rabbis? Alright, probably never, I… Continue reading Post-Racial Rabbis…Or Not?
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 