Are Jewish Women…Dirrrty?
I love this woman and I love her even more now that she has a cool website. Check out Jew in the City as she responds to “Do Orthodox Jews consider women dirty during their monthly cycle?”
Author: Aliza Hausman
Oh My G-d…
When I first learned about organized prayer in Sunday school, I was mystified. Why did we need organized prayer? Didn’t everyone, like me, pray to G-d several times a day? Wasn’t everyone in a constant dialogue with G-d? Praying three times a day became more difficult for me when I got sick but I always… Continue reading Oh My G-d…
Patheos will blow your mind…
And yet again, another reprint for “From Ghetto Girl to Rabbi’s Wife”, this time on Patheos. Patheos is a fascinating new website that hopes to help people understand the origins, history, and beliefs of the world’s religions. Patheos was recently featured in a Time magazine article, “What Do Other Religions Believe? A Website With Answers”.
I AM LATINO!
The picture book, “I am Latino” is a celebration of Latino children everywhere and their various shades, cultures, and customs that define them. While the book is for ages 4-8, it would surely serve adults as well, especially the kind who like to remind me rather often that I do not look 1) Dominican and… Continue reading I AM LATINO!
Shake your…
The video might be fuzzy but the music comes across loud and clear. If you’re into Cuban Jewish fusion, then you’re going to love Roberto Juan Rodriguez and Sexteto Rodriguez. Their latest album is Timba Talmud. Now excuse me while I go order this and every other album this group has put out!
Reading as a writer is damn annoying!
It is getting harder and harder for me to read books for pleasure. It used to be the one certifiable way I could get away from things. But now, as I’m paging through page by page, I find myself critiquing the sentence structure and plot development. No matter what I do, I am reading as… Continue reading Reading as a writer is damn annoying!
Why White Supremacists are scared…
“…America at its best — open, diverse, pluralistic, fighting for human dignity and decency, confronting the hatreds that resulted in the Holocaust, the hatreds that would invite its repetition.” “Holocaust Museum: America at its best” is a heartfelt look at the latest tragedy and how we can fight against it.
The Sotomayor Effect
In this week’s Jewish Week, “The Sotomayor Effect” talks about the relationship between the Hispanic and Jewish communities. For the piece, some Latinos, some Jews and of course, some Latino Jews were interviewed. Some good soundbites: “Relations between the two communities are good, I think maybe better than ever,” said Moises Perez, president and CEO… Continue reading The Sotomayor Effect
Making it harder for converts, one regulation at a time.
If you’re dating a prospective convert in Israel, then you better be able to to prove your Jewishness. A new regulation put into place by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel creates more bureaucratic difficulties for converts according to Rabbi Seth Farber of ITIM. While this is a new regulation, this is nothing new in the… Continue reading Making it harder for converts, one regulation at a time.
American Jews Talk Israel
PBS talked to some prominent American Jews (including Rabbi Avi Weiss) about their relationship to Israel. “Rabbi Avi Weiss, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, New York: America is my home. I’m grateful to the US forever and ever. Israel is my homeland and that’s where my family lives, literally and figuratively. When I think about existentially… Continue reading American Jews Talk Israel
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 