Dear devoted reader, Though I might not be blogging as much as I used to (in an effort to achieve balance between my love of writing and my desire to focus on my health), I am posting interesting tidbits on Twitter and my Facebook fan page. Be sure to check them out! Enjoy! XOXOXO, Aliza… Continue reading Miss me?
Here is the list of things I’d like to be blogging about right now: Last week’s wave of Facebook updates where women posted the color of their bras in an effort to raise breast cancer awareness Writer’s block (other people’s, not mine) Prospective converts who rabbis (and the current Orthodox conversion climate) scare off Yoga… Continue reading To blog or not to blog
One of my favorite Jewish bloggers, MaNishtana (Black Jew is the New Black!) takes no prisoners as he explains why he’s not a fan of Chrismukkah! Isn’t celebrating Chrismukkah like celebrating Batman-Joker Day? he asks. After watching “The Dark Knight” (on Blu-ray on an HDTV! ooh! ahh!), I can see how that could be a… Continue reading Chrismukkah aka Batman-Joker Day
I just realized I didn’t have a blog post scheduled for today. Ug. In the last 48 hours, I seem to have picked up a bug. I’m coughing, my chest and throat ache, my eyes and nose are runny. I’m a mess. I’ve got a doctor appointment scheduled this afternoon, thank G-d. I never get… Continue reading Yikes, I have a fever!
In the above Def Jam Poetry clip, Shihan uses poetry to protest everything he’s “Sick & Tired” about and boy, do watch out for that R-rated language! Event: Poetry as Protest II: Writing JusticeDate: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 (Please note correction to date)Place: Drisha Institute, 37 W. 65th, 5th floor, New York, NYTime: 7-9pmSuggested Donation:… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Poetry as Protest II: Writing Justice
All of the posts on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. What this means is that you’re free to quote any text I’ve written, without having to ask first, as long as you provide a link back to the post or page it came from and as long… Continue reading Wanna Quote Me?
Here’s a very short play I wrote for a “Multicultural Jewish” writing contest. I didn’t win. The ending’s kind of abrupt. It was in my earlier days when I wasn’t writing so much. I was trying to give the readers a good indication of what my Shabbat meals were like. The curtains open to a… Continue reading Challah Con Platanos
Blogger/Vlogger/Freelance writer Jew in the City, aka Allison Josephs, posed an interesting inquestion on her Facebook fan page: “What should I call myself? I have this problem where people will ask if I work and I say yes, and then they ask what I do and I say, I don’t know what to call it.… Continue reading So, what do you do for a living?
Sorry for the fuzzy picture, that’s actually my fuzzy hair.
When someone asked my husband recently, “What does your wife do?” My husband was at a loss for words to explain what it is I do on a day-to-day basis, some of which (my book, my essays, my blog, Facebook fan page, Tweets) my husband knows very little about. He prefers reading the perfectly polished… Continue reading What does your wife do?
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 