Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, a novel by Obama supporter and Jewish author Ayelet Waldman, wife of Pulitzer-winning author, Michael Chabon, is being made into a movie. Originally, Jennifer Lopez was set to star but since she bowed out, Natalie Portman has come to the rescue. Of course, the Jewish side of me is happy,… Continue reading Jew vs. Latina
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 suspect no one is looking at my blog tonight. Their eyes are pealed to the television as they watch Barack Obama and John McCain battle over the fifty states. I just got off the phone with a friend who multitasked talking to me while being glued to her televsion screen. I won’t say who… Continue reading And then there were dolls
Ivanka Trump and I share the same conversion rabbi. What does it all mean? These and other things I spotted on Page 6.
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
Like Alejandra Vazquez, I, too, was beaten by my mother with a mop handle at eleven years old. Unlike Alejandra, I survived. I did not survive because of any intervention from authorities. I survived because my mother chose not to kill me that day. Like any good abuser, my mother threatened to kill me if… Continue reading The Wrong Side of a Mop Handle
From the NY Times article, Brooklyn Woman is Questioned in the Death of her Daughter, 11: “The mother of an 11-year-old girl who arrived in New York from Mexico last month used a mop handle to beat her on Thursday — a thrashing so severe it left the girl listless, vomiting and confined to bed,… Continue reading Gratitude
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