In a three-way chat with my little sisters, we discussed my future and currently imaginary two or three children and the religious affiliations in our family currently as such: Buddhist (aunt), Catholic (dad), Christian (mom), Wiccan (them) and future Jew (me). I (almost jokingly) said I didn’t want my kids to see a Christmas tree… Continue reading What will the kids think?
Yay! After my rabbi wrote me a cute little letter, I got out of work to celebrate Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Woohoo. Shemini Atzeret was okay but Simchat Torah was eye-opening. Shul turned into a circus of children and men dancing with children and men with torah scrolls. It was hilarious and fun. I… Continue reading Good times and bad news…
according to the great Dr. Seuss. I don’t know how well I’m doing with the balancing. I just finished handing in my “socratic seminar lesson” for my Thursday night class. Yea, it’s the wee hours of Monday. I had to finish putting in grades first for my 100 students. I failed about 40 students, maybe… Continue reading Life’s a Great Balancing Act…
Asked out by one of the janitors at KJ today. Turns out he’s Dominican, from my parents’ hometown, too. He’s here in the states getting his MA in Computer Engineering and working two jobs to pay off school. Pretty admirable hardworking guy but NOT JEWISH. Pretty cute too but NOT JEWISH. He asked me out… Continue reading You’re not Jewish so I can’t go out with you…
So I visited a Sephardic shul in midtown east for my Friday night meal under the sukkah. The place was beautiful. The singing had a Middle Eastern twang. The food was unidentifiable except for something called “kipe” that Dominicans eat and call the same thing. So, while I may look Sephardic…or at least Israeli according… Continue reading Going on "Sephardic"
That’s a soundbite from the meeting with my principal today. She assures me that she and the AP (Assistant Principal) are really mad about the fact that I didn’t give notice, which I didn’t. I was so stressed about the situation, I waited until the last minute to take the day off because I knew… Continue reading SO YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE A NORMAL JEW…
My principal threw a fit because I took off the first two days of Sukkot to observe them. She said that because I was “only studying Judaism” and not “entirely Jewish,” she felt that it was utterly ridiculous to take the days off. She said that she’s “pretty sure” that Jews don’t have restrictions for… Continue reading So you want to be Jewish?
Being an observant jew is HARD! H-A-R-D! Why don’t we get off for all the holidays in public school? I have to take off two days this week and finish a paper in the next 30 minutes and hand in an assignment two days late because I am behind. Plus, I have no food in… Continue reading AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Sigh. Ig was right. I just become stupid around all Jewish men. Sigh.
Check out what I USED to do part-time before teaching:My Movie Review! This weekend was quite a spectacle. It all started because I had massive back pain (which is now just left-hand pain which will make me stop typing soon!). Anyway, instead of crashing with the fab Devora, I stuck to KJ and its peeps… Continue reading Blast from the Past
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 