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Mom’s birthday

August 17, 2009

It’s my mom’s birthday. To celebrate, I came up with a list of ten reasons why she is my favorite mom. 10.  She has a pair of Elie Tahari sandals that she bought by accident (because she never buys brand name shoes), and always tells everyone that she has brand name shoes, but when they ask her which brand, she doesn’t remember, so she says Pavarotti, and starts singing opera. 9.   She loves Mr. B and cooks him lots of ...

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Guest Post: Jewish dating and Christmas brisket

August 17, 2009

Note: I was at a wedding all weekend in Michigan so had no time to write a post today due to recovering from drinking vodka by drinking more vodka. And shooting some video, for you people, to be posted later in the week.    Thankfully, my friend, reliable Starbucks date, and a person whose wit I am frankly intimidated by, Average Jane, also known as @awapy on Twitter saved the day and wrote this awesome post. Several Christmases ago, I ...

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Jewlicious: HIAS Hero Ruins My Life

August 11, 2009

Talking about it here.

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Marriage regulations in Israel and the world

August 3, 2009

Yesterday, I posted on DovBear about how Jews from the Former Soviet Union often cannot get married in Israel because they are not verified to be Jewish by the Rabbinate, which has a monopoly on Jewish marriage in Israel. The post got over 300 comments, which is not unusual for DovBear’s community of religious and non-religious Jewish readers alike, but it really is a hot button issue. Here’s a little bit of background from my post: Anyone Jewish (again, how ...

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Book Review: Shush! Growing up Jewish Under Stalin

June 16, 2009

Have you ever read any books that perfectly articulate how you see the world?  Books that you can show to your friends when you don’t feel like explaining your life view and say, “Here, read this, and you will understand me?”  Shush, A Memoir-Growing up Jewish under Stalin by Emil Draitser, is such a book for me. There are a couple of books that really explain what being Russian/Jewish is all about:  From Lenin to Lennon, Sashenka, and  The Russian ...

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