Last week, the local paper, The Riverdale Press contacted me for an interview. Somehow, they had stumbled upon my blog. During the really-early-in-the-morning interview, I hoped that I wouldn’t embarrass myself too much. Mostly, I didn’t. Check out: “Blogger chronicles her Catholic past, Jewish present”
Who said adopting a new religion and culture was easy? I sure didn’t. Sometimes, it’s actually quite embarrassing. And by “it,” I mean me! Check out: “Inappropriate for the Shabbos Table”
I was standing in a school cafeteria in Middlebury, Vermont, surrounded by Jews of every flavor, as well as many Israelis with a very “Sephardic” look. And then, someone said something to one of the teachers, a 50-or-60-something-year-old woman who has spent most of her life in Israel. Repeatedly, I heard her say,”You? A convert?… Continue reading And yet another episode of "As the Convert’s World Turns"
Meanwhile, over at Frum Satire, Heshy gave my blog some love by reposting my stand-up comedy routine on pants: “I Don’t Wear Pants Anymore”. But somehow, the comments thread quickly turned into a conversation about whether or not you can be Orthodox and wear pants. Did people miss the jokes or is it possible that… Continue reading Stop in the name of pants!
Getting me to read the Parsha HaShuva, the weekly Torah portion, usually involves whining. On my part. Let it never be said that my yetzer hara is dead. But I’m working on it. Thanks to a little help from above, I’ve discovered “G-dcast.” Torah with pictures!!!!!!! Can you hear my excitement? So yeah, I’m a… Continue reading Animated Torah!
Latina Magazine decided to celebrate Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation by selling ‘Wise Latina’ t-shirts rebranding Sotomayor’s controversial words into an empowering message. Proceeds go to the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls. And everyone’s talking about the “Super Jew” T-shirt Seth Rogen donned for the latest Judd Apatow movie, “Funny People.” The proceeds won’t go… Continue reading T-Shirt Shopping
Vanessa Hidary, the Hebrew Mamita, is touring Israel and of course, she’s already been interviewed by The Jerusalem Post in a video where she talks about performing and the reactions she has received from Jewish and non-Jewish audiences alike. Below is a clip of Hidary telling us a story about a Jewish girl and her… Continue reading Hebrew Mamita hits The Jerusalem Post
Speaking of Spanish and Caribbean Jewish mixes, here are some mixes my friend came up with… Jewmaicans JewbansJewricuas (Puerto Rican Jews)JewlombiansJewzuelansJewxicansJewdoreansJewmalans Jewricans (Costa Rican) Jewduranians? Jewlizians (Belize) are privileged because it sounds delicious! Jewlivians Jewruvians Jewdorians Whew, in the end he said, “I cannot do it with Honduras. Maybe they are no Jews in Honduras.” What other Jew-mixes… Continue reading Jew+Country of Origin=Flavorful Jews
Walking down the street in Los Angeles, a little blond seven-year-old Jewish girl sees a black Orthodox Jewish man in a black suit, black hat, white shirt and tzitzit flying in the wind. “Wow, that’s weird,” she says to her mother. Her white Jewish mother holds her breath waiting for the next statement. “Did you… Continue reading Sighting: The Black Jew
I get such great letters from readers and I’m going to try to post more of them up here. Here’s a good one! Dear Aliza, A good friend of mine recently sent me a link to “Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish” and it blew my mind. It stirred up feelings in me that I haven’t… Continue reading Dear Aliza: It’s Easier Being Black in Israel. NOT!
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