The Remarkable Saga of Spanish JewryBrigitte Sion, born in Switzerland to Sephardic parents and now an assistant professor at NYUwill guide you through the history of the descendants of Spanish Jewry-a history of secrecy, forced conversion, exile, dispersion, and endurance-and examine the state of the Sephardic community today. 6 Mondays, Jan 25-Mar 8, 7-8:30 pm,… Continue reading Cool Jewish Class: The Remarkable Saga of Spanish Jewry
Event: The Jews of Cuba: The Road to Paradise and the Land We Called HomeDate: Wednesday, January 13, 2010Time: 7:30pm-9pm Place: Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031Cost: $8M/ $10NM Presenter Miriam Levinson is an expert on Jewish Cuban history! In 1927, Miriam Levinson’s grandfather set out for Paradise… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: The Jews of Cuba: The Road to Paradise and the Land We Called Home
Y-Love with Moshiach Oi! Torah Hardcore Punk Band Matthue Roth(Jew Slam Poet -Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam) Event: Torah, Music & The Word!Date: January 9, 2010 (THIS SATURDAY)Place: Carlebach Shul, 305 West 79 StreetNew York, NY 10024-6151Time: 8pm (Doors open at 7:30pm) Jewish punk rock/hiphop unity show, with Torah from Rabbi Naftali Citron, featuring Matthue… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Torah, Music & The Word! Featuring Y-Love and Matthue Roth
I told a friend who is in the conversion process that I still read stuff like the Sookie Stackhouse series and watch stuff like the show True Blood (though I wish they’d move it to the USA cable network so they could “clean it up” like they did with syndicated episodes of Sex and the… Continue reading Don’t get brainwashed!
Event: Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic IdentityDate: Thursday, January 14th, 2010Place: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York CityTime: 6:30pm “Defining Sephardic” will launch ASF (American Sephardic Federation)’s Next Generation Culture Cafe and explore identity in the Sephardic/Mizrahi communities of New York. Moderated by: Lacey Schwartz, filmmaker and New York… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic Identity
Recently I explained to someone that I was upset because someone referred to me as “sexy Latina! Sexy Latina! Sexy Latina!” as if they were talking to a small child or one of those dogs that fits in your purse. I felt like a rattle or dog bone was being shaken and shoved in my… Continue reading Sexy Latinas and the Rise of the Hot Jewish Girl
I think it was one of my blog readers that recommended I check out “The Morganville Vampires” young adult novels and I finally got around to doing it because the series was sooooo cheap on my Kindle. I barely made it through the first novel in the series because I had a hard time relating… Continue reading How to be a Kosher Vampire
So, a while back I was complaining that I didn’t have enough Latino friends who I could talk to in Spanish. For the first time in my life, I have more white friends (Jewish and non-Spanish speakers) than Latino friends and while that’s cool and all, I’d really like to have people who relate to… Continue reading Praying in Spanish?
Woke up in excruciating pain. Usually, I can go the first 5 minutes of the day before it hits me. But sorry, not today. Of course, I had all these plans that got pushed back. I ended up in bed most of the day instead. And when I finally got out of it, the pain… Continue reading Pain, pain go away
Sat down with Lacey Schwartz, New York Director of Be’chol Lashon, to discuss the challenges and rewards of being a Dominican American convert to Orthodox Judaism. If you haven’t already, sign up for the Be’chol Lashon newsletter and keep up with the latest in Jews of color/Jewish diversity news.
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 