Jewishness

What’s worse than being cold? Being cold in Canada.

February 1, 2010

Source. It’s cold.  Really cold.  And it snowed.  This makes my morning routine even more miserable.  But you know what’s more miserable than a DC-area morning commute?  Living in the Praries of Canada in the last century, as described in this really interesting article At the turn of the last century, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier declared that the 20th century belonged to Canada. All across the cities of Europe, the Canadian prairies were advertised as the LAST BEST WEST. Back ...

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Millions of babies, the Holocaust, and gender segregation. It’s the weekend!

January 31, 2010

I spent this Saturday morning being told I was the byproduct of a silent Holocaust, so my weekend went really well. It started when our friends had a baby, which, amongst other things, caused my mom to shift into overdrive: Our friends just had a very cute baby girl and they invited us to the Hebrew naming ceremony at an Orthodox-ish synagogue.  I immediately sensed that this would be a bad experience from the minute we walked in and I ...

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This Tu B’Shvat, I’m buying a donkey and a plane ticket to Haifa

January 28, 2010

Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish festival for the birthday of the trees, is tonight.   Since it’s been a while that I’ve been part of something Jewish (living with Mr. B does not count as doing something Jewish, although sometimes I try to pass it off as such,)  I wanted to celebrate, which involves planting trees and eating fruits of the Torah (pomegranates, dates, olives, and Bamba.) Unfortunately, we don’t have any Bamba and Mr. B hates olives in the same way ...

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Movie Review: Amreeka

September 27, 2009

Go see this movie. As soon as possible. Amreeka (America in Arabic) is the story of how a Christian Palestinian single mom, Muna, and her son, Fadi,  get a visa to go to America from the West Bank town of Bethlehem because it is clear that there is not much future in the territories for them. They arrive in snowy Illinois to stay with Muna’s sister and her family.  So starts Muna’s process of getting on her feet as an ...

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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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