Twilight Parody
http://www.hulu.com/embed/Ze2EnFNuQQLjoBA8ouWahA In this parody of the film, Twilight, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer, you’re green, you have bolts in your neck, you’re…!!!
Post Redux: Aliza’s Guide to Interracial Dating
As a Latina and now a Jew, I write for both audiences. But a case of writer’s block has gotten me nowhere on an article I was supposed to be writing about interracial dating for a Latino audience weeks ago. I just don’t know where to start. This is coming from the girl whose mother… Continue reading Post Redux: Aliza’s Guide to Interracial Dating
Cool Jewish Events: Intersecting Jewish Identities
Event: Intersecting Jewish Identities Workshop led by Jared JacksonDate: Friday, November 13, 2009Time: 8pmPlace: The Hill at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Remember if you know of any cool events about or led by racially and/or ethnically diverse Jews send them my way and I’ll post it up on my blog!
What color is your Skin?
I always wondered as a child what my kids would look like. (Actually, I still do.) Despite sharing the same parents, my sisters and I look nothing alike (except for two of us having similarly tightly-coiled curly hair). I was so much lighter-skinned that my sister that growing up people would ask if I had… Continue reading What color is your Skin?
Cool Jewish Events: Danielle Abrams Performing
Jew of color Danielle Abrams performing “After Before the Revolution – A Tribute to Eleanor Antin, Eleanora Antinova, and The Black Panthers.” This work has been adapted from play scripts by Eleanor Antin. Malcolm Tulip has directed the piece. Vince Mountain has done set design. Michael Stone Richards will be gracing the stage with a… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Danielle Abrams Performing
Cool Jewish Events: Race and Judaism Symposium
2009 Race and Judaism Symposium Date: Thursday, November, 19, 2009 Time: 10:30am-5:30pm Place: Philadelphia, PA/Temple University, Paley Library Lecture Hall, Ground Floor The 2009 Race and Judaism Symposium at Temple University will be devoted to themes in memory of Dr. Gary Tobin, the President of the Institute for Jewish Research and Community, who died on… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Race and Judaism Symposium
Cool Jewish Events: What’s with Jews and Chinese Food?
The many, many kosher Asian restaurants in New York City is a testament to the Jewish obsession with Chinese food (and now sushi). In Jews and Chinese Food: Love Affair”, an entertaining talk based on her book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles”, New York Times Metro reporter Jennifer 8. Lee dissects the longtime love affair between… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: What’s with Jews and Chinese Food?
Cool Jewish Events
From now on, I’ll be posting events that feature racially and ethnically diverse Jews! If it’s happening anywhere, doesn’t have to be New York, tell me about it and I’ll post it! Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the Rabbi of the Abayudaya Congregation in Uganda, will be speaking at Congregation B’nai Tzedek, 10621 South Glen Road Potomac,… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events
Obama’s First Anniversary Celebration
Obama has (almost) survived his first year in office unscathed—the anniversary of his election was Nov. 4–and how better to celebrate that than a bunch of juicy articles on racism….you know, that crisis, the mini-daily civil wars, most people thought he’d solve (before healthcare, before wars in distant lands) by entering the oval office. Do… Continue reading Obama’s First Anniversary Celebration
White Skin…in a jar!
Set up a Google Alert for news on Dominicans and mostly you’ll get news about Dominican sisters (nuns) and other related news. Oh right, you’ll also get news about Dominican baseball players because if anybody in America knows where the Dominican Republic is on a map, it’s because these baseball players put the Dominican Republic… Continue reading White Skin…in a jar!
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 