“But on June 10, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in a landmark decision that no state could restrict marriages based on race or culture.” My husband and I were featured in this lovely article about multicultural/multiracial marriages, check it out: “In the melting pot of NYC, these mixed-cultural couples think the world of each other”.
Many guest posts this week! Check out my guest post over at MixedJewGirl World. In “A Jewminicana Laments”, I discuss the pain and incredible disappointment I experienced when I was rebuffed for explaining to white Jews that Benjamin Cardozo was not the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Just when you thought it was safe to go to the museum, a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum says different. Why would anyone shoot up a Holocaust museum of all places?
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
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31120874#31120874 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Okay, I understand Tom Brokaw asking Barack Obama what he thinks the Iranian preisdent could learn from a trip like his to Buchenwald. But hearing Brokaw follow that question up with “What can the Israelis learn from your trip to Buchenwald? And… Continue reading Obama has no patience for Holocaust denial or Tom Brokaw’s leading questions
People who don’t even know where the Dominican Republic is know that Dominicans are good at baseball. My husband likes to joke that even though I’m by no means an athlete, I have a wicked curve ball. Is it in the blood? Check out this trailer for “Sugar”, the story of Miguel “Sugar” Santos, Dominican… Continue reading Baseball has never been so sweet….
And I thought I had trouble getting people to pronounce my name right! Somedays, it’s Aliva Haufman. Sometimes, it’s Eliza Haufman. Maybe I should have married a Haufman? David Letterman has a great little video at The Huffington Post website called “Sonia Sotomayor Pronunciation Roundup” Be sure to check it out.
After hearing that abortion doctor, Dr. George Tiller was murdered, I made the mistake of following the threads mentioning him on Twitter. Many of them, including those by religious Jews, were very positive Tweets about how glad they were that this man was dead, that he had been murdered. Here is author Ayelet Waldman, in… Continue reading Tiller’s Murder
Not sure how to feel about the latest Jerusalem Post piece on conversion, “Conversions down by 20 percent in 2009”. First, wow. I didn’t realize there were thousands of people converting to Judaism every year in Israel. I wonder if anyone’s keeping track of those numbers in the States. I would be interested to hear… Continue reading Thousands?!
Louis Ferrante was born an Italian Catholic and was a former member of the Gambino crime family. Now? He’s a Jew. Read “Q&A with Louis Ferrante” and check out his memoir, “Unlocked: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insider”
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 