On a day-to-day basis, I am ALWAYS behind on my reading. I’m inundated by news articles, magazines, newsletters so it’s hard to keep up with blogs. Thankfully, Twitter followers also tip me off when there’s something I just HAVE TO read. @MaNishtana is new to Twittering and blogging he’s making quite a splash. The self-described… Continue reading Hilarious New Blog to Follow!
This comment from “Naomi” deserves its own post: While walking to work from the subway, a gentleman with little green books said, “Would you like a copy of the New Testament?” Without pausing, I said “No thanks, I have the old one.”Naomi is full of words of wisdom!Even better: I have a Jewish coworker who… Continue reading Thanks but no thanks!
“Ethiopians at the gate” (Haaretz) Why is Israel suddenly resuming immigration from Ethiopia? “Jewish school requirements ‘racist,’ British court rules” (Jewish Tribune) Did Britain decide that Judaism is racist? “Who is a convert?” (The Forward) Why Ruth is pretty lucky she’s not converting in 2009…. “New Conversion Legislation” (Ynet) A step forward or a step… Continue reading Conversion News Roundup
The film “Arranged” is a New York story about two Brooklyn public school teachers. One teacher is an Orthodox Jewish young woman, Rochel and the other a devout Muslim, Nasira, who become friends in the midst of the period in their life when their well-meaning, but sometimes off-the-mark parents try to marry them off. At… Continue reading Friendship has no religion
Only a couple of more classes left to my Stand-up Comedy class at Santa Monica College. My stand-up comedy teacher wants me to be more conversational and less theatrical when I deliver my bits. My husband said, “Is he asking you to be more white and less Dominican?” Aliza on Stupid Questions I am a… Continue reading Stand-up Comedy Routine #4
Um, the longest article in the world asks “Will Britney Become Jewish? Has she?” Do we care? (Well, this is the least negative news on conversion in a while, no?) And isn’t that my star of David?
Are you Jewish? Can you prove it? ”Rabbinate refuses to marry Jewish couple over adoption suspicion” It won’t be just converts having to show their papers anymore. Do you have your certificate of Jewishness handy? Orthodox Women Rabbis? ”Between a rav and a hard place” Profile on Rabbi Avi Weiss wonders whether or not the rav has… Continue reading News of Note
Whether or not, you love it or hate it, The Jerusalem Post claims Judaism is getting in touch with its feminine side. You’ve heard my spiel before in previous posts about whether or not I would call myself a feminist, much less a Jewish feminist. And here is a redux. In short, I grew up… Continue reading The softer side of Judaism
Rabbi who? what? where? and why? A soundbite from “Mixed-married couples and interfaith couples are a fact of Diaspora Jewish life”: “That a Jew chooses to marry someone who is not Jewish, even if a conversion takes place, is a clear indication that the Jew already has one foot out the Jewish door.” Yeah, that’s… Continue reading Don’t marry non-Jews or converts!
Rabbi Avraham Sherman, one of Jewcy‘s “Haredi’s Most Wanted: The 5 Worst Offenders”, has the magical power to turn non-Jews into Jews and back to non-Jews to Jews to non-Jews. Oy, I’m confused, are you? “No one will be willing to go through the trouble of converting if there is a real fear that, sometime… Continue reading Conversion News Roundup: Keeping you informed or scared out of your mind?
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 