...as someone who was profoundly burned by these policies when an ex-fiance of mine who wanted to make aliyah did some research (just a few months shy of the big wedding that wasn't) and discovered that I, with a mixed-ancestry mom who went ...

because for the first time in a long while we are clearly getting the message that we are a multicultural nation and that those who celebrate religious traditions other that Christianity are not second class citizens. Way to ...

...but then again, (as one of my friends pointed out to me) the only way I could be a crappier Jew (I deconstruct every dogma compulsively and tend to think that organized religion is crap) is if  my gentile husband had sex with me on the bima ...

I love this! I'm originally from Miami, Mom from Cuba, Dad a Southern Jew with family from GA, AL, SC, LA etc...my Granny was born in Rome, Georgia and then grew up in Birmingham. Gefilte fish does go with Fried Chicken! I'm now pushing 40 with ...

Hello from a Cuban Jew who grew up in Miami. I have been to Israel, as a young woman (a couple of decades ago), fell in love with it. Adored it, wanted to end up there. Last year of college I was engaged to a Jewish man, a son of a Holocaust ...

...the total lunacy about health care reform. As an RN I am bewildered that anyone thinks this system does not desperately need to be changed. And Obama's plan mostly keeps the status quo, just stops insurance companies from dropping clients ...