Author: Aliza Hausman
Speaking Out
I’ve been astounded by the amount of fan mail I’ve received over my latest piece, “My Love/Hate Relationship with G-d.” It’s really been a wonderful experience this week to wake up every morning and find a new email from a fan. Keep it coming! I’ve gotten so many virtual hugs from Jewesses also suffering from… Continue reading Speaking Out
Italy Trip Recap: Down and dirty in the city
Writing in Rome. When I came back from the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles where my husband was standing in as a rabbinic intern, the first thing I noticed about New York was that it was really dirty. Had the city always been so filthy or was I just desensitized to it? I suspected that… Continue reading Italy Trip Recap: Down and dirty in the city
It’s official!
Cute photo from the website. Orthodox Conversion to Judaism is the new, official website of the Rabbinical Council of America Geirus (Conversion) Policies and Standards (GPS) Network. It’s clean, sleek and to the point. Hopefully, I’m not the last one to find out about it. I haven’t had a chance to view the site in… Continue reading It’s official!
Aliza Hits Latina Magazine and more….
Pick up the current issue of Latina magazine and you’ll find a familiar face amidst the pages: mine. Check out page 84 of the February issue for my latest piece, “Not-So-Foreign Language” where I chronicle my battles to stay fluent in Spanish in the face of assimilation and cultural conflict. If you’re savvy, you might… Continue reading Aliza Hits Latina Magazine and more….
A Healthy Shape
Richard Brodsky, 56, ran a marathon a year after finding out he had brain cancer. He still runs with his wife, Jodi, right. (Christian Hansen/New York Times) There’s a new face to chronic illness and I’ve talked about it before on my blog. It was fibromyalgia, after all, that forced me to start exercising and… Continue reading A Healthy Shape
Dominican Women in Trouble
It’s not every day that you open the NY Times and find news about Dominicans so, of course, when I saw a link to “For Privacy’s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy”, I scrambled to open it. What I read when I opened the link and skimmed the article was really troubling. It was sad… Continue reading Dominican Women in Trouble
A Jewish Face
I’ve got plenty to say about my trip to Europe. You’ll soon hear all about the mystifying, wide-eyed journey of a welfare child navigating Italy with a hodgepodge of broken Spanish and Italian. I made sure to take copious notes during my first and only trip to Europe ever and you will be subject to… Continue reading A Jewish Face
Three Religions, Three Cultures and A Search for Identity
Memoirist and filmmaker Sadia Shepard Back from a week in Italy, my friends, more on that later. In the meantime, please check out my latest piece for Interfaithfamily.com. It’s a profile on Sadia Shepard and her memoir, “The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Forgotten Histories and a Sense of Home”. I hope… Continue reading Three Religions, Three Cultures and A Search for Identity
Kinky Love: Breaking with Family Tradition and Embracing Curly Hair
Here’s an oldie but goodie, an old hair piece revised for mass consumption. I’m hoping it will be picked up by a women’s magazines. Don’t mind your prayers over it! Thanks! Kinky Love My mother taught me to hate my hair. She learned this from her mother, who learned it from her mother before her.… Continue reading Kinky Love: Breaking with Family Tradition and Embracing Curly Hair
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 