In “10 Questions with Author Ernest H. Adams”, I got up close and personal with author Ernest H. Adams about his memoir, “From Ghetto to Ghetto: An African American Journey to Judaism.” Adams had some noteworthy things to say about his experiences during Jim Crow, living in the Jewish community and what he thinks about the… Continue reading Q&A with From Ghetto to Ghetto Author
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31120874#31120874 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Okay, I understand Tom Brokaw asking Barack Obama what he thinks the Iranian preisdent could learn from a trip like his to Buchenwald. But hearing Brokaw follow that question up with “What can the Israelis learn from your trip to Buchenwald? And… Continue reading Obama has no patience for Holocaust denial or Tom Brokaw’s leading questions
In “Welcoming the New Jew”, I review a memoir by Reform convert Sally Srok Friedes. Her book, “The New Jew” is fresh, funny and engaging even as it takes us to the painful twists and turns of acclimating oneself to the Jewish community. This book has a great deal to teach every movement in the… Continue reading Welcoming the New Jew
My intention in posting “Thou Shalt Not Oppress the Ger” was to highlight a very ugly reality that one convert lives in because it is a reality that unfortunately, many converts live in. I have been lucky, so far, that it is not my reality. I have been spared this lot. Mostly, I get snide… Continue reading Further Reflections on Yesterday’s Post
In honor of all the self-hating Jews, Jew-hating everyone else and just regular equal opportunity haters.
I’m pretty open about the fact that I’m a convert. Obviously. But there are plenty of people who feel its unsafe to open up about this fact because well, they know they will more often than not be judged unfavorably. So, what’s it like feeling forced to hide part of your identity? Read an Anonymous… Continue reading In the Closet
I’ve had it easy in New York. There’s no other place on Earth that makes it so easy to be Jewish. Okay, there’s Israel but why are all the package labels there in Hebrew? You know how long it took me to find milk in the dairy aisle? Anyway, when I decided to convert, all… Continue reading It’s not easy being Ruth
After hearing that abortion doctor, Dr. George Tiller was murdered, I made the mistake of following the threads mentioning him on Twitter. Many of them, including those by religious Jews, were very positive Tweets about how glad they were that this man was dead, that he had been murdered. Here is author Ayelet Waldman, in… Continue reading Tiller’s Murder
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought I’d try to find more information on the singers and instead, I stumbled upon another blog where people were asking, “Are they Jewish?” And someone responded, “They don’t look too Jewish to me.” Sigh. Funny, they look pretty Jewish to me. Thanks to the dear reader who uncovered… Continue reading ‘Racheim’ Like You’ve Never Heard…or Seen…It Before
So you know that “Havana Guila” is my favorite “Hava Nagila.” That’s salsa, baby, music you can move those hips to.
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