culture/multiculturalism · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism

Cool Jewish Events Opening Night 14th NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival

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Event: Opening Night of 14th NY Sephardic Jewish Film FestivalPlace: The Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, New York, NYDate: Thursday, February 4th, 2010Time: 7:30pm Admission:$30 General Admission$25 ASF & YUMuseum members, students and seniors$250 Opening Night Friend (includes the above for two (2) + VIPpre-screening reception and listing in Festival Program) Festival… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events Opening Night 14th NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival

Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · rabbi

Sweet Sixteen and This Convert Wanted to Be a Rabbi

Aliza Hausman2 Comments

Watch video above. The story of Aliza Bulow is pretty inspiring. At just 10, she knew she didn’t want to be Christian and by 16, she had moved to Israel with the intention to convert and become a rabbi. Finding out that as an Orthodox Jew, she couldn’t become a rabbi, she was undaunted. Though… Continue reading Sweet Sixteen and This Convert Wanted to Be a Rabbi

education · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism

The all too INFAMOUS Hole in the Sheet

Aliza Hausman4 Comments

Note: Video displays some male nudity (a clip from “The DaVinci Code”). Your call if you want to watch, otherwise, just read the little bit below. MaNistana’s latest video is based on…well, read on. Orthodox Jewish Sex Ed.: Now, what I heard from a friend who heard it from a friend of a friend of… Continue reading The all too INFAMOUS Hole in the Sheet

Hispanics/Latinos

But you’re "too" X to be Dominican

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Today, at the little corner store, I survey the calling cards behind the counter and ask the (Indian?) guy to hand me the “el Dominicano feliz” (The Happy Dominican) card. He slides it over hesitantly. “You’re Dominican?” I let him go on for another 5 minutes. He has that utter look of disbelief I know… Continue reading But you’re "too" X to be Dominican

adoption · homosexuality · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · movies · New York

Cool Jewish Events: Off and Running Movie Screening

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Event: “Off and Running” Movie ScreeningDate: Sunday, January 31, 2010Time: 4:15pmPlace: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue., @ West Third St., New York, NYNote: The film is also has showings from Friday, January 28, 2010-Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Special Screening co-hosted by Be’chol Lashon, Jewish Multiracial Network, Brooklyn Jews and UJA Women’s Group, with Q&A moderated… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Off and Running Movie Screening

Hispanics/Latinos · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism

TMI for the Rebbetzin-in-training-wheels?

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Can I tell you a secret? “Sure,” I say. Was that TMI? (TMI=Too much information) “I’m a Rebbetzin (almost). There’s no such thing as TMI with the Rebbetzin,” I say. Then I get quiet for a second and I add, “Plus I’m Dominican, what’s TMI?”

Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · shopping

A Convert’s Best Friend

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If it wasn’t for my non-observant Russian Jewish friend becoming Orthodox and inadvertently inspiring me while he was trying to explain why he’d done it (because no one in his secular life understood why), I might not be here today. Quite literally, a ba’al teshuva is a convert’s friend. In fact, it was another ba’al… Continue reading A Convert’s Best Friend

Hispanics/Latinos · jews of color · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism

You don’t look…

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An improvised joke I made at a recent speaking engagement…. I spent the first 26 years being told “funny, you don’t look Dominican” and I’ll spend the next 36 being told “funny, you don’t look Jewish.” Since I am Dominican and Jewish, clearly I look nothing but puro Jewminicana. What do I have to get… Continue reading You don’t look…

disabilities · event · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism

Cool Jewish Events: Second Annual Reelabilities NY Disabilities Film Festival

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Event: Second Annual Reelabilities NY Disabilities Film Festival presented by the JCC Manhattan Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010-Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Time & Place: Multiple locations and times throughout New York City Admission: Festival pass is $40

chronic pain/fibromyalgia · food · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · writing

"Do You" and Stuff-Part 2

Aliza Hausman6 Comments

Whoa. Six more months until my husband becomes a rabbi and I need to take off those training wheels (from my new Rebbetzin-in-training wheels title). I don’t know how much or in what capacity I will be able to help out at my husband’s shul but I know that I would love to make synagogue… Continue reading "Do You" and Stuff-Part 2