Grad School: Two papers due and I have one page written for the one that I just realized isn’t even REALLY due until the 16th. The other is an interdisciplinary unit–ouch!–which my brain just can’t seem to wrap its head around. I figure I’ll work on that one after finishing the 10-page paper on “how… Continue reading Girls just want to have fun
Okay, I haven’t blogged in six days. I have a very good reason of which some of you know. Meanwhile, I have some sort of chest cold which is keeping me down. I refuse to go to work tomorrow. I’m going to the doctor and staying home…to sleep mostly and hopefully get some work done.… Continue reading Busy Little Bee
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"
Greetings from shul where I have been since 8:30am. I came to stuff folders and anything else that was needed so that I could “work off” my high holidays debt. I really cannot afford to be Jewish. I am going to FREEEEEEEEZE if it gets any colder because I do not own any winter skirts.… Continue reading Practice, Pashmina and…um, Stuff
that I’m going to burn out because I’m “going too fast.” Meanwhile, I affixed my mezuzahs to the doorframe in my bedroom and the door outside. Still need one for the living room. Memorized the prayer for handwashing in English and Hebrew. Now own: Siddur, Shabbat candles, Shabbat CD and book, Shabbat candleholders, a challah… Continue reading Igor’s afraid…
as my new pal, Devora, who inspired this blog but I’m going to have to give it a try. This weekend was my first Shabbat meal at the beautiful home of Gavri and Shani who have already promised to set me up once I finish up the conversion process. Amazing! I was so sure that… Continue reading I’m not as witty…
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 