Cool?
Polish Latino Joe Hernandez-Kolski tells you what’s “cool” (vibrating cell phones) and what’s definite not (George Bush). So is this cool?
Category: culture/multiculturalism
Being Jewish with a Spanish accent…COOL!
“Rosh Hashana with a Spanish accent” (Houston Chronicle) Who says you have to choose between being Jewish and Latino? (Sorry this article is late! I just got a chance to look at it.)
Yummy New Year Near You…
Stuffed Zucchini. Photo by Dan Kacvinski. This story made me hungry! In “Embodying Unity in Your Rosh Hashanah Meal,” Joel Haber offers a recipe for bringing Jewish people from all over the world together to one table. After this, you’ll rethink your Rosh Hashanah table.
Reader Story: On Being a Cuban Jew
Dear Aliza: Recently, my mother, who was born and raised in Cuba by Jewish parents and left to come to America at age 19, was in the hospital. There, she shared the room with a Puerto Rican woman who was so happy to be sharing her room with a fellow Spanish speaker, she couldn’t keep… Continue reading Reader Story: On Being a Cuban Jew
My Name Has Been Changed to Protect The Innocent
Check out my new piece on Latismo.com: “Every Name Has a Story”
Spice up your Bagels
When Pablo must bring something to share for his school’s International Day, he considers several items from his family’s bakery. But his mother’s Mexican pan dulce, empanadas, and chango bars don’t do the trick. His father’s bagels and challah bread are appealing, but not quite right either. Eventually, Pablo decides on a family specialty, Jalapeño… Continue reading Spice up your Bagels
You look so Jewish! Not.
Sigh, I had yet another conversation with someone that was convinced that she can tell just by looking at someone that they’re Jewish. For a second, I thought, look she’s really old. I should let her off the hook. But you know me, I couldn’t. I tried…”You mean, you think you can tell when someone… Continue reading You look so Jewish! Not.
Now with alternate ending: 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 Now with alternate ending: Aliza’s Guide to Interracial Dating
And he said what?
At least some people are honest about white privilege. You’ll laugh or you’ll cry but here goes…. (Some offensive language, too.)
The Latest News in Conversion, Jewish Diversity and More!
I apologize for some of these articles being more than a week old. I’ve been trying to reacclimate myself to New York life and so the news articles have been piling up in my inbox. “The Zionist Melting Pot Boils Over” (The Forward) “Integration of Ethiopian immigrants, always a challenge due to cultural and racial… Continue reading The Latest News in Conversion, Jewish Diversity and More!
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 