I used my book allowance this week to buy myself some books that would help me get my Dominican on. I know what you’re thinking: Your what? And since when do you have a book allowance?Your answers go something like this: I’ve had a book allowance for a year now. Ever since my husband came… Continue reading Getting My Dominican On
I just got off the phone with my mother-in-law where I was explaining to her how the race talk went at LimmudNY. I made some comment like people of color don’t ever stop thinking about the color of their skin and it floored her. I think a fellow Hispanic friend said it better when she… Continue reading Color War in My Head
Everyone knows what overt racism looks like. If they haven’t experienced it then it’s easy for them to imagine. We’ve all seen the awful photographs from the civil rights movement. But most people walk through life on a daily basis overlooking the more subtle forms of racism so that’s what my husband and I focused… Continue reading Recap on LimmudNY Session on Racism in the Jewish Community
If I was a real Dominican, I would know someone going to Santo Domingo this week and I would have them drop off the copies of the Twilight saga I purchased for my cousin. (My Jewish friends tell me people do the same thing with sending things to Israel.) But I’m very American and I… Continue reading Catching Up
Greetings from Ellenville, NY where the LimmudNY conference may or may not take place. We arrived Thursday evening to discover that the heat was broken at the hotel where the conference was to take place. I got to see most of a screening of “My Mexican Shivah” while we waited for rooms to be organized… Continue reading Brrrr!!!!
I’ve got plenty to say about my trip to Europe. You’ll soon hear all about the mystifying, wide-eyed journey of a welfare child navigating Italy with a hodgepodge of broken Spanish and Italian. I made sure to take copious notes during my first and only trip to Europe ever and you will be subject to… Continue reading A Jewish Face
I was posting on another blog when someone asked me: “So, if someone has been driving an American car (non-Jews) for a while and then switched to a Japanese one (Jews), why should he object to an American car (non-Jews) being called junk?” I’m not editorializing with the parenthetical statements, the preceding sentences were about… Continue reading Jewish Blogger Likens Non-Jews to Junk
You know you’re Jewish when you get caught completely unawares by endless Christmas Eve traffic. We sat in it for two hours mystified as we drove from Times Square back to Riverdale after lunching with some friends. We came home to a sad, empty little fridge but we thought we could sit the rain out… Continue reading Things You’ll Hear @ the Kosher Mart on Christmas Eve
Hello, it’s me, the self-described worst guest in the world! And I’ve just had a long time friendship end over it. But this isn’t just the story of that loss or how I’ve come to expect the worst. As a recent convert, I’ve blogged before about how I’ve been inappropriate countless times at the Shabbos… Continue reading The Worst Guest in the World
According to a post on Vivir Latino, a blog I just discovered, “a study released by the America Association of Retired People (AARP), at least 82% of Latinos 45 and older do.” The post says, “[The study] sort of plays to the stereotype of Latino’s faith as being more “folky” and less real and respectable.”… Continue reading Miracles, miracles, everywhere…
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 