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My First Video Blog

Sorry for the fuzzy picture, that’s actually my fuzzy hair.

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That’s exactly what I was thinking!

Did you hear the one about the new black Barbies? When I heard of them, I remember thinking…in a different world, some Barbies, maybe all Barbies, would have afros. Yes, afros. And instead of brushes, they would all come with comb picks. The bigger you could pick your Barbie’s afro, the cooler and more loved… Continue reading That’s exactly what I was thinking!

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It’s raining cats and dogs…

Or as I told my sister about today’s rainy day, “It’s like Noah’s Ark out there!” http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2078108&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Parshat Noah from G-dcast.com More Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com

dating · Hispanics/Latinos · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · race/racism · Simchat Torah · television

An Episode on Jewish Relationships

http://www.hulu.com/embed/wom_6Ml83gBLi4FUfNVc6g The latest episode of Glee, Mash-Up, is one of my favorites. It’s what I’ll be calling “the Jewish episode” for a long time. In the episode, Jewish character Noah Puckerman’s mom tells him (on Simchat Torah while they’re eating sweet and sour pork and watching Schindler’s List on TV) that he needs to go… Continue reading An Episode on Jewish Relationships

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Moses in The New Yorker

Create a caption for this cartoon ASAP.

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Over at Frum Satire…

Over at Frum Satire, my guest post, “When I told my family I wanted to be Jewish” has sparked an interesting conversation.

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Real World: Noah’s Ark

In another chapter of “real talk parsha, because obviously Gd has a sense of humor. just look at your face,” blogger MaNistana talks about this week’s portion/parsha Noach [gen 6:9-11:32]. “it’s the end of the world as we know it, but i’m not feeling particularly fine.” yep, in this parsha, Gd flips out doug ramsey… Continue reading Real World: Noah’s Ark

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Redux: The Ten Commandments According to My Mother

The Ten Commandments According to My MotherAliza Hausman My mother doesn’t know where I live. And no, I’m not a member of the Witness protection program, though, if you knew my mother personally, you’d wonder why I wasn’t. I have successfully withheld this little tidbit, a collection of digits and street names, from my mother… Continue reading Redux: The Ten Commandments According to My Mother

jews of color · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · Shabbos/Shabbat

MaNishtana Goes You Tube

Do you deserved to get JOC-slapped? You know who you are. Blogger MaNistana has decided to start using MaNistanaTV on You Tube to make an interesting batch of humorous/informative videos. To learn more about MaNishtana, watch the video below. He’s also joined Jewcy.com, writing two recent posts for them. And you can also follow him… Continue reading MaNishtana Goes You Tube

employment · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · writing

What does your wife do?

When someone asked my husband recently, “What does your wife do?” My husband was at a loss for words to explain what it is I do on a day-to-day basis, some of which (my book, my essays, my blog, Facebook fan page, Tweets) my husband knows very little about. He prefers reading the perfectly polished… Continue reading What does your wife do?