I was posting on another blog when someone asked me: “So, if someone has been driving an American car (non-Jews) for a while and then switched to a Japanese one (Jews), why should he object to an American car (non-Jews) being called junk?” I’m not editorializing with the parenthetical statements, the preceding sentences were about… Continue reading Jewish Blogger Likens Non-Jews to Junk
“Conversion Crisis in Israel Boils with New Appointee”, a piece in The Forward, focuses on the conversion crisis in Israel but it highlights how the crisis has extended even further and how Modern Orthodox conversions have been affected.
You know you’re Jewish when you get caught completely unawares by endless Christmas Eve traffic. We sat in it for two hours mystified as we drove from Times Square back to Riverdale after lunching with some friends. We came home to a sad, empty little fridge but we thought we could sit the rain out… Continue reading Things You’ll Hear @ the Kosher Mart on Christmas Eve
Oh, wow, I feel…wow, overwhelmed. I just logged onto Gershom Gorenberg’s blog and discovered a post about little old me!!! Good timing, too, since I had just been struck by a bout of the blues. Check out: “Big Tent Judaism” and why Gorenberg thinks Jews should be reading my blog like a text book.
With “No More Illusions”, Jerusalem Post Op-Ed contributor, Reuven Hammer proposes a way to circumvent the Chief Rabbinate in Israel and still keep Jewish conversions kosher. But the comments on his piece highlight that the issues around conversion may never be so simple. I’m glad that some of the people commenting don’t have his address… Continue reading Another Way for Jewish Conversion in Israel
I’ve written about my hair before but never in such depth as Latoya Peterson’s “Nappily Ever After? Not quite” on the Racialicious blog. It’s a great post. All you straight-haired folks might learn something. I can’t tell you the amount of times that Jews make comments about my hair. Luckily, very, very few have been… Continue reading Racilious Talks "Nappy" Hair
http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30 Hilly Gross at the 10th Anniversary of the LSS Beginners Service @ Yahoo! Video He has a very interesting perspective to share on the people that attend Beginners services at Lincoln Square synagogue. I think the same idea applies to all baalei teshuva and converts everywhere. Enjoy the jokes, they’re killer!
I feel like Hanukkah finally arrived and I stopped talking about it altogether. I’m glad to hear that some of you are enjoying your books from the Happy Hanukkah book giveaway. It’s already the second day of Hanukkah and I find myself again without latkes. I might have to dip fried plantains into applesauce.
“Right of Reply: Secular conversion – an oxymoron” is my latest Op-Ed in The Jerusalem Post. Talk back here or talk back there, I’d love to hear your opinions.
“Oops, You’re Not Jewish” sounds like a great title for a book but really it’s an article in Hadassah Magazine by writer/blogger Gershom Gorenberg which focuses on the state of Jewish conversion. Here is a quick soundbite from the piece: “Susan Weiss—the founder and director of the CWJ and herself an observant Jew—has petitioned the… Continue reading Oops, You’re Not Jewish!
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