¿Existió o no Jesús, el Mesías? Did Jesus, the Messiah, exist or not? Tras hacerse esa pregunta, cientos de cristianos colombianos se han convertido al judaísmo. Noticias Caracol devela el misterio de estos conversos que llevan la kipá y el talit. Algunos, incluso, sugieren que son descendientes de los llamados ‘marranos’, a los que la… Continue reading Did Jesus, the Messiah, exist or not? WHAT!
Dear Aliza: Is it proper to say “I am a Ashkenazi Jew” or “I am a Sephardic Jew”, the truth is you are a Jew, just a Jew? Ashkenazim and Sephardim are practices of culture, so no one is Ashkenazi or Sephardic. They just have the customs of those particular cultures. If an “Ashkenazi” Jew… Continue reading Dear Aliza: Ashkenazi Jew or Sephardic Jew or Just Jewish?
Y-Love with Moshiach Oi! Torah Hardcore Punk Band Matthue Roth(Jew Slam Poet -Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam) Event: Torah, Music & The Word!Date: January 9, 2010 (THIS SATURDAY)Place: Carlebach Shul, 305 West 79 StreetNew York, NY 10024-6151Time: 8pm (Doors open at 7:30pm) Jewish punk rock/hiphop unity show, with Torah from Rabbi Naftali Citron, featuring Matthue… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Torah, Music & The Word! Featuring Y-Love and Matthue Roth
I told a friend who is in the conversion process that I still read stuff like the Sookie Stackhouse series and watch stuff like the show True Blood (though I wish they’d move it to the USA cable network so they could “clean it up” like they did with syndicated episodes of Sex and the… Continue reading Don’t get brainwashed!
Event: Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic IdentityDate: Thursday, January 14th, 2010Place: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York CityTime: 6:30pm “Defining Sephardic” will launch ASF (American Sephardic Federation)’s Next Generation Culture Cafe and explore identity in the Sephardic/Mizrahi communities of New York. Moderated by: Lacey Schwartz, filmmaker and New York… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic Identity
Recently I explained to someone that I was upset because someone referred to me as “sexy Latina! Sexy Latina! Sexy Latina!” as if they were talking to a small child or one of those dogs that fits in your purse. I felt like a rattle or dog bone was being shaken and shoved in my… Continue reading Sexy Latinas and the Rise of the Hot Jewish Girl
So, a while back I was complaining that I didn’t have enough Latino friends who I could talk to in Spanish. For the first time in my life, I have more white friends (Jewish and non-Spanish speakers) than Latino friends and while that’s cool and all, I’d really like to have people who relate to… Continue reading Praying in Spanish?
Woke up in excruciating pain. Usually, I can go the first 5 minutes of the day before it hits me. But sorry, not today. Of course, I had all these plans that got pushed back. I ended up in bed most of the day instead. And when I finally got out of it, the pain… Continue reading Pain, pain go away
Sat down with Lacey Schwartz, New York Director of Be’chol Lashon, to discuss the challenges and rewards of being a Dominican American convert to Orthodox Judaism. If you haven’t already, sign up for the Be’chol Lashon newsletter and keep up with the latest in Jews of color/Jewish diversity news.
My cold/flu has finally abated! I can’t believe how many Kleenex tissue boxes I went through in the past three weeks. Hopefully, my fibromyalgia, which was exacerbated by the cold/flu, will settle back into more manageable pain levels. In the meantime, as usual, all the latest news on conversion has been piling in my inbox.… Continue reading Two phrases that should not be in the same sentence: "Conversion Rabbi" and "Sex Tape Scandal"
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 