Yeah, my family would kill me if they read this. But that’s okay, I survived them trying to kill me before. Here is the second stand-up comedy routine I came up with for class. Aliza on Breeding My sister-in-law is 7. My husband is 27. People can’t control themselves when they hear this so they… Continue reading Stand-up Comedy Routine #2
“Post-racial America.” I’m wondering if someone makes money every time someone in the news media uses that term. Is it copyrighted? Because honestly, if it is…cha-ching! You know how I feel about “post-racial America.” We’ve come a long way, baby, but we still have a long way to go. But enough about me. Let Melissa Harris-Lacewell… Continue reading America: Post-Racial, Multiracial, Mixed Racial, Racist…
Why do we like fairy tales? Do we like them because they always end in “happily ever after”? Do we like them because they are so far removed from our harsh realities? Do we like them because they take us back to an age (you know, like never for me) where the words “harsh realities”… Continue reading Fallen Princesses
As you may have read on previous posts and/or Twitter, I am taking a Stand-up Comedy class at Santa Monica College. (I’m also taking a Figure Drawing class and a Memoir Writing class.) My husband, being ever supportive as always, has already decided I’m the funniest person in my class even though he’s never been… Continue reading Stand-up Comedy Routine #1
Post-Racial Rabbis. An article from Moment Magazine on African-American rabbis (though strikingly, no Orthodox rabbis despite the fact that there definitely are African-American Orthodox rabbis) meant to highlight Jewish diversity might only compound common beliefs held about non-Orthodox movements and converts. Um, when do we get to see an article about Latino rabbis? Alright, probably never, I… Continue reading Post-Racial Rabbis…Or Not?
I’ve been largely quiet on race, lately. I’ve done this, despite the fact that every other time I’ve posted about Sonia Sotomayor someone has tried to call me out on this. I’ve been reading, as I always do, all the latest news on racism, racism all over the world, racism in America, liberals and conservatives… Continue reading Ricci, Race and Wearing Blinders
Okay, how many times can I blog about Be’chol Lashon, seriously? I can’t help it. I love their monthly newsletter. Even with being a Jewminicana myself, it’s easy to forget how diverse Jews are when I show up at a typical Jewish lifecycle function and I’m the darkest person in the room. Okay, sometimes there… Continue reading Loving the Jewish diversity
I am spending this 4th of July in good company out here in Los Angeles with many cool folk from the synagogue where my husband is interning. We’re having a major Sheva Brachot blast to celebrate a recent wedding. Since the 4th falls on Shabbat, we won’t be barbecuing but you can be sure that… Continue reading Being a Cool Jew on Independence Day!
All Jews are white or Eastern European. (And eat kugel and gefilte fish and cholent every Shabbat because otherwise, they wouldn’t REALLY be Jewish.) Jews don’t welcome converts. (Is this a myth? Alright, in some communities it is. But in others, as we’ve seen in Israel and South America, it’s a fact. A sad, sad,… Continue reading Jewish Myths
It’s the middle of the night, 2am when I’m writing this blog though you’ll see it posted around 12am on a different day. I ended up making a list of stupid questions people ask me now that I’m a Jewminicana. I’m thinking “Are you Jewish?” and the rest of the countless, mind-numbing, repetitious, interrogations, Q and A, could… Continue reading Welcome to Insomnia
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 