My blond blue-eyed friend and I were having a nice chat about the horrors of covering our hair. She mentioned her hair losing some of its streaky blondness. I mentioned that I can’t actually fit a sheitel over my head. What with my hair being so…TALL. She said: “You know, I could totally understand why… Continue reading Sheitel Envy
“My Uterus is None of Your Business” is my latest piece published in The Jewish Chronicle of London.
Scoring High Holiday tickets has been a hot topic of interest in my online conversion group. Leave it to Chabad to make things even a little more interesting.
As of this week, Jewish Living magazine is now defunct. I did, however, get a nice PDF of what would have been my upcoming article on my conversion alongside a bigger piece on the “Conversion Conundrum.” To see the piece, click here: “From Ghetto Girl to Rabbi’s Wife”.
Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg with his children,Rashi (l.) and Yossel at the Chabad of Harlem, a synagogue and community center at 437 Manhattan Ave. When I decided to convert, I was living in Harlem. There wasn’t much of a Jewish life to be had. I could walk 40 blocks (and I sometimes did) to my synagogue… Continue reading Chabad Goes to Harlem
This month’s issue of Glamour magazine poses an interesting question: “Do you have friends of other races?” And then, more poignantly, do you have CLOSE friends of other races? I don’t want to offend my white friends. But I might. Here me out, though. I have always been someone who has had friends of other… Continue reading Friends of Other Races?
What in the world have I been doing lately? I can’t believe that Rosh Hashana is on Monday night already. So, of course, I am trying to cram spiritually. Like cramming for college finals, I suspect that this isn’t as pleasant as if I’d started studying ahead of time! Meanwhile, here’s a practical guide to… Continue reading Revving up for Rosh Hashana
It’s gotten harder to read when reading is work. I read my magazines for pleasure but also to think of new ideas to pitch to them. I read memoirs for pleasure but also to help me figure out how to write mine. I read books about writing because I love to write but again, it’s… Continue reading Reading for pleasure…
Habichuelas con dulce sold in Washington Heights Robert Capin for the New York Times The hardest part about keeping kosher hasn’t been having separate dishes and utensils and pots for everything. It hasn’t been giving up tasty treats like eel and octopus either. Yum. The worst part of keeping kosher is the utter lack of… Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month Post #2: Dominican food!
I spent Sunday reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer. And when I say I spent Sunday reading it, I mean that I spent ALL DAY at the dining room table turning pages as I propped the book up on my stylish Book Chair. The book debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller… Continue reading Priorities
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