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Category: Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism
My Aunt Wants to Know What Purim is
She lives in a Jewish neighborhood and she caught a parade of Jewish people wandering around the ‘hood dressed in costumes. Here’s what I told her: Purim is a crazy little holiday. 🙂 Like Chanukah, it’s one of the holidays where we can work and use phones and stuff (unlike Shabbos and some of the… Continue reading My Aunt Wants to Know What Purim is
Class-ic Problem
In this scenario, my husband is Richard Gere. Yum. Pretty Woman moment. My akwardness is not just about being a convert, it’s about growing up on welfare and now being surrounded by “rich” Jews. I am in a Julia Roberts movie! Remember when she can’t figure out how to eat lobster and mistakenly launches it… Continue reading Class-ic Problem
Happy Purim!
I know this is unusual but every single Purim since I got sick has been rough. So here is my prayer for Purim. Please G-d, let this be an easy one. Now, y’all get grogger happy.
Get-ting a Divorce is not easy
Whatever happened to just beating the guy up? Check out this cartoon, Ta’anit Esther is the International Day for Agunot!
Funny, I do look Jewish….
Thanks to Jewssip for this clip of Hebrew Mamita, Vanessa Hidary doing her thang. College was shocking for me. In college, I really experienced racism, from people who refused to address me in English and as anything other than “Yo Quiero Taco Bell” to people who called my hair nappy or told me my writing… Continue reading Funny, I do look Jewish….
Converts are not Jewish
A friend of mine is doing some Passover outreach this year. She’s volunteering at an organization that gives money to needy Jewish families for the big holiday. She’s swimming in piles of applications and making sure the neediest get help. This week, she watched the director, a Conservative Jewish woman almost ready for Social Security,… Continue reading Converts are not Jewish
World Rebbetzin
Next year will be my last in New York. Gulp. Scary. I am one of those New Yorkers who thinks the entire world revolves around New York City. I have spent my whole life here. The farthest I have gotten is those two years I lived in Brooklyn. And now, these two years in the… Continue reading World Rebbetzin
News: Loyalty and Madame Rabbi
Can you be loyal to more than one homeland? I think it’s a pretty interesting question considering the fact that I feel connected to three. In “A Question of Loyalty”, David Bogner discusses his connection to Israel and America and why he doesn’t think they conflict. Meanwhile, in other news, “IDF Rabbinate Corps Appoints First-Ever… Continue reading News: Loyalty and Madame Rabbi
Where are you from ORIGINALLY?
The WEDDING I can’t sleep. I went to a wedding last night. No worries, I think I did very well. I didn’t notice myself doing anything embarrassing, though I’ll admit that isn’t the best way to make sure since I’m not the best barometer on these things. Oh, one confession, I used a bad word.… Continue reading Where are you from ORIGINALLY?
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 