So as it turns out, this show is NOT going on the road. While my stand-up comedy class classmates will be getting together to perform two Sundays from now, I will be at a big fat Jewish wedding. My body cannot handle ferrying from both. Besides, it’s only a mitzvah to do one of those… Continue reading Stand-up Comedy Routine #5: Shabbos is for Shtupping
Rebecca Rubin Okay, so American Girl created a Jewish doll. Her name is Rebecca Rubin and not all her outfits are tznius (modest). She’s growing up in New York City in 1914, right around when my great-grandmother was born. She’s a Russian Jewish girl who wants to “stay true to her heart as she follows… Continue reading The Jewish American Girl doll meets the Dominican American Girl doll
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
Yup, still laughing after spotting this sign before exiting a bridge in New York City on Memorial Day. Seriously, there’s no place like New York. How will I ever get over it?
Wow, that was fast. While hanging out in my pjs the other day (my all-time favorite attire), I was interviewed by someone at The Forward about the Riverdale terrorist plot. Of course, now everyone knows I’m a big scaredy cat but what can you do? Check out: “Riverdale’s Jews Are Shaken but Stronger”
A little treat in my inbox today! Thank you, dear reader!
With Shavuot looming, all eyes seem to be on conversion! The Book of Ruth, which we read on Shavuot, has some competition this year. Internet-trained conversion hopefuls less likely to pass” Apparently, getting a PHD in Chabad.org and Aish.com is not enough learning to convert to Judaism. That’s why I also studied Simpletoremember.org. Analysis: The… Continue reading Conversion News Roundup
Ah for Yom Yerushalayim, I am recycling an old post about my first day in Israel, where I stayed in Jerusalem. Read “Fish Out of Water” and chuckle at my pathetic attempt to survive outside of New York!
Yes, I live in Riverdale. The Riverdale where the synagogues were almost blown up. Because converting to Judaism means now worrying about being blown up during prayer. An email from my local synagogue: “Last night, the New York City Police Department and the FBI apprehended four terrorists whom they were tracking for many months as… Continue reading Riverdale in the News? What?
As part of the Birthright Israel Next Monologues, Ruby Marez riffs about her upbringing in a Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish family in St. Louis. Thanks for Interfaithfamily.com for this clip. P.S. I think Jewrican isn’t as cool as “Jewyorican” (Jew plus New York plus Puerto Rican) or “Jewricua” (Jew plus Boricua). I got these… Continue reading A self-titled Jewrican does stand-up….
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 