Barack Obama picked Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff. (Emanuel’s wife is a Jewish convert.) An interesting move, no? Certainly derails a number of the crazed emails I received throughout the campaign declaring that Obama was secretly a Muslim fundamentalist terrorist. Because, you know, those kinds of people normally pick Israeli Americans for their… Continue reading Jew on Staff
I attended a women’s Rosh Chodesh group last week in Riverdale (more on that later) where I stumbled upon a table full of incredible handcrafted jewelry from Israel. The designer, Sima Menora, was on hand to help us pick out the right pieces. I walked away with a daisy necklace and some psychedelic-looking dangling earrings.… Continue reading A little prayer, a little shopping spree
Aside from writing my book and writing personal essays and articles here and there, I’ve assigned myself homework. I’ve been trying to books written by other converts. On top, of course, of reading books on writing. I haven’t gotten as far as I would like on either front because other memoirs and more fictional accounts… Continue reading Review: Stranger in the Midst
Conversion in the News: A Common-sense proposal on conversion finds The Jewish Chronicle’s Simon Rocker pondering the lack of “common sense” in the current conversion climate. A quick quote: “And what is significant is this. In his experience, 90 per cent of those who completed the conversion process, Rabbi Lau said, were not “shomer mitzvot”,… Continue reading Common sense and conversion?
Ivanka Trump and I share the same conversion rabbi. What does it all mean? These and other things I spotted on Page 6.
My family members and me at my big fat Jewish Dominican wedding. My latest piece, My Big Fat Jewish Dominican Jewish Wedding, just hit Interfaithfamily.com.
Yes, it’s yet another friendly reminder from Natalie and Rashida on a hot topic: http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf See more Natalie Portman videos at Funny or Die
This sad economy did get me laid off before the rumble on Wall Street even hit the media. But honestly, I don’t have much to say about the whole debacle. Jewish actresses Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones do have words of wisdom to share over the current economic crisis. http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf See more Natalie Portman videos… Continue reading Economic solutions
The Jerusalem Post posits that Portuondo-Wilson may be the first Orthodox rabbi in history to be denied aliya. I finally figured out how to use Google Alerts and now I have it ferreting out any news on Jewish conversion. Meanwhile, here are two articles I meant to post sooner from the Jerusalem Post: Orthodox convert… Continue reading Accepted Everywhere
Ivanka Trump before she adopts the art of tznius. I know, you’ve already heard about it but I can’t help but post about it. Ivanka Trump is converting to Judaism. She’s gone and gotten herself engaged to Jewish head of the NY Observer, Jared Kushner. They plan to get married next year. In the meantime,… Continue reading The Poster Girl for Conversion
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