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Playing Parsha Catch-up

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http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2328027&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Parshat Toldot from G-dcast.com More Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com African-American/Puerto-Rican convert and Modern Orthodox rapper, Y-Love (Yitz Jordan) http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2264121&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 From selfish babies to thirsty camels, this narrator, Australian author Goldie Goldbloom is quite a treat. Parshat Chayei Sarah from G-dcast.com More Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2172961&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Evan Wolkstein tells us about the world according… Continue reading Playing Parsha Catch-up

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Tyra Talks…Family Purity?!

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No, joke, Mrs. Faya Lipskier of Chabad West 60s Manhattan appears on the Tyra Banks Show to speak about the Laws of Family Purity! Just click on the “photo” on that link if you have a PC. If you’re on a Mac, you’re out of luck. Okay, when I tell people even vaguely about the… Continue reading Tyra Talks…Family Purity?!

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Cool Jewish Events: Being Indian, Being Israeli

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Event: Being Indian, Being Israeli: A conversation with Dr. Maina Singh and Sally Oren Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Time: 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Place: Butler Board Room, Center for Israel Studies, American University, Washington, DC Mrs. Sally Oren, wife of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren and an immigrant herself, will… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Being Indian, Being Israeli

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Speaking (Dominican) American!

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I went through an embarrassing phase as a teenager where I didn’t want to be Dominican. We didn’t visit the Dominican Republic that much in my teens (not that that would have helped since once there, I was told I was American and not really Dominican). I was still reeling from a childhood spent being… Continue reading Speaking (Dominican) American!

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Cool Jewish Events: Ernest H. Adams Speaking

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Event: Ernest H. Adams Speaking on “From Ghetto to Ghetto”Date: Tuesday, November 17thTime: 7:00 pmPlace: Memphis Jewish Community Center, 6560 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38138, 901-761-0810 Please come and experience Dr. Ernest H. Adams’ original voice and fresh perspective. “From Ghetto to Ghetto: An African American Journey to Judaism”, is a memoir by Ernest H.… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Ernest H. Adams Speaking

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Being Jewish & Asian isn’t a joke…duh!

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When I made a comment about how cool it is that “Glee” might have a Jewish Asian character (aptly named Tina Cohen-Chang), everyone in the room [all white Jews] made a face like someone had passed gas. Funny until that comment, they were smiling or at least calm while I described how “Glee” put on… Continue reading Being Jewish & Asian isn’t a joke…duh!

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From Safe to Unsafe and Back Again

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Sometimes I think I must be going crazy. Never before in my life have I stumbled across so many well-meaning (and not well-meaning) white people (usually Orthodox Jews) who consider themselves “not racist” but make all manner of racist comments in front of me. Growing up, I heard racist comments from my family members but… Continue reading From Safe to Unsafe and Back Again

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Racism with a Punch

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In The NY Post story, “Prof busted in Columbia gal ‘punch’”, a black Columbia professor punches out a white female university employee while discussing white privilege. Punching people doesn’t teach them anything about racism. It just makes you look racist. And violent. Duh. Unfortunately, the comments section on the story devolved into a bunch of… Continue reading Racism with a Punch

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Cool Jewish Events: Nishmat at Sotheby’s

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Nishmat at Sotheby’sJoin American Friends of Nishmat for a brunch and private viewing of the upcoming Sotheby’s sales of Judaica & Israeli Art, with a tour conducted by Sharon Liberman Mintz, Senior Consultant for Sotheby’s. Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Time: 10:30am-Noon Place: Sotheby’s New York, 1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street, New York, NY… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Nishmat at Sotheby’s

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Habla Español?

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The Chicago Tribune story “Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work” profiles Korean-American employers learning Spanish to be able to communicate with their Hispanic employees. That’s kinda awesome. I mean, I know people who won’t learn Spanish and are Hispanic. I’ve heard of Jews in Washington Heights tutoring Hispanics in English but maybe we… Continue reading Habla Español?