It’s a boy!
Actors Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs are the new parents of a baby boy. And thus, another Jew of color is born. When’s the bris?
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Good one!
If you haven’t already checked it out, enjoy this great piece by black Jewish blogger, MaNishtana where he takes the “s-word” and its users to task. Check out: “Brought to you by the letter ‘S’”
Political?
With the debut of “Amreeka,” a film about Palestinian immigrants coming to America, Tablet Magazine asks “Is a film about Palestinians inherently political?” A good question. But don’t people ask the same question movies about Israelis? (Just ask Jane Fonda and Danny Glover who are boycotting the Toronto Film Festival for spotlighting the work of… Continue reading Political?
Calendar Malfunction
I have been so focused on Rosh Hashanah coming up that I didn’t even realize today was Labor Day. Oy.
Hilarious but serious, really.
For some reason, the narrator Dahlia Lithwick cracks me up as she voices this week’s G-dcast. But the material she’s reading is pretty serious. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6440263&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Parshat Nitzavim from G-dcast.com More Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com/
Warming up for an article: The Latin Side of Interracial Dating
I’m supposed to have written an article on interracial dating for a Latino audience, like, weeks ago. But I don’t know where to start. This is coming from the girl whose mother had a white boy fetish. Whose father had a black girl fetish. Whose parents came together with their fetishes and made her. I… Continue reading Warming up for an article: The Latin Side of Interracial Dating
Come on, get happy!
The Happy Minyan in LA brings happiness to all that join! Why aren’t you a member?
Aliens Amongst Us
Me: My brother-in-law’s looking for a job. It’s really tough out there. White Jewish Friend: Oh, yeah. I might know some people who might be able to help. Me: That’s great!!! White Jewish Friend: (Long Pause) Does he have papers? Me: (Clueless) What? What kind of papers? White Jewish Friend: You know, is he legal?… Continue reading Aliens Amongst Us
Oh My G-d…IT EXISTS!
I was only kidding about making a plantain kugel. Really, it was a joke. I mean, I’d never even made a kugel before. This Shabbat, I had planned to make a squash kugel (I didn’t even know what squash was before I was Jewish) but we ate out for both meals (thank you, my cool… Continue reading Oh My G-d…IT EXISTS!
More on the winding roads converts take to Judaism…
In “From Jail to Judaism,” Barbara Bensoussan writes an in-depth profile on Jewish convert Louis Ferrante’s “Journey From the Mob to the Mesorah (Tradition).” According to Ferrante’s website, he “served 8 1/2 years in various maximum security prisons after refusing to cooperate against former associates of the Gambino family. During his incarceration, he educated himself,… Continue reading More on the winding roads converts take to Judaism…
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 