[Note: Transcript edited for clarity. I tried to organize the Twitter conversation in the way a natural conversation would progress. Also, I DO NOT profess to know everything about race or racism in America. I am trying to hold to conceptions of race and racism–whether or not I agree with them–that are currently used in… Continue reading Are Jews White?
“ I met Michael Steinhard a couple of months after converting and getting married. My husband and I were sitting next to him at a table at a synagogue dinner at KJ (Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side). My husband leaned in and whispered, “That’s Michael Steinhardt!” And me with my inability to whisper,… Continue reading Aliza Meets Michael Steinhardt
I hear people say “the race issues aren’t as bad in X as they are in America.” Are they reading the same articles I’m reading? Racism is everywhere. Yikes. From a mixed race (half-black/half-Chinese) girl singing on Chinese idol in China getting trash talked for being black to a South Koreans importing foreign workers and… Continue reading Racism is better in…
I just recently discovered that women, but not men, have to write up resumes for the matchmakers so that they can play the great game of shidduch dating. So, now, you can understand why this woman decided to make this video, no? The more I learn about the shidduch system, the more I realize that… Continue reading My Shidduch Resume
When it comes to the eight multiple intelligences, I rank pretty high on interpersonal and intrapersonal skills (imagine that?) and my verbal-linguistic and visual-spatial intelligences are pretty keen too (that explains the writing and the drawing ability). But I do pretty terribly on the musical intelligence. I’ve never been the person who can easily learn… Continue reading Sensory Overload
Seriously, I like this joke no matter how many times I hear it. A Rabbi was known far and wide for his piety and faith. No matter what he put his faith in the Almighty. One day the town he lived in was warned there would be a flood. He didn’t forbid his congregation from… Continue reading I like this joke
In “The Low Cost of Being Racist”, the writers at The Angry Black Woman blog, use the latest article of obvious racism: a white boss telling Hispanic workers to change their names (apparently, Jose and Martin are too hard to pronounce?) to show how quickly and easily Americans will defend their racists.
Don’t let the title of this CNN article fool you, it’s not about conversion. In fact, very little in “‘New Jews’ stake claim to faith, culture” applies to converts. The article is a “too-cool-for-school” look at young Jews and how they’re taking back their Judaism. But while reading it, mostly, I thought…Y-A-W-N. Every couple of… Continue reading Young Jews
If my father saw this (and he’s an American citizen), he would say, “Jackasses.” No, I don’t celebrate Halloween anymore. (Here’s an interesting perspective I heard last year on keeping kosher and being shomer Halloween.) But ever since hearing that there is an “illegal alien” costume being sold at Target (it was since taken down)… Continue reading Happy Hallo-what?
“Barbara Walters: Ivanka Trump’s wedding was ‘absolutely gorgeous’” (The Examiner.com) Read and learn why The View host Joy Behar can be really annoying…. “Ivanka Trump Says “I Do!” (Us Magazine) Bet Ivanka never thought she’d become the poster child for Orthodox conversion. “What defines your religion?” (BBC News) As Britain tries to redefine Judaism for… Continue reading Conversion (and Racism) in the news
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