Intersectionality is hard to understand. New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Ijeoma Oluo, explained it beautifully in one of her many poetic Facebook posts: “Intersectionality is not a call to make all groups or all efforts serve all people. It is a call to ask groups to fully understand, appreciate, include, and […]
Sometimes It’s Fun to Curse in Yiddish.
Baruch ata Adonai Elohenu, melekh ha’olam, (Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe) Who protects innocent bloggers from Internet shaming for mediocre singing, Especially since this one justs want to make people laugh, Like, let’s say, some Jews who’ve not been feeling so great, O Lord, Because of some drek that goes on […]
The Hate-Crime No One is Reporting
You know how in my last post I overanalyzed stuff? Not here. Not necessary. The writing is on the wall, clear as a swastika on a bathroom door. Yesterday, a friend on Facebook posted an Op-Ed in Swarthmore College’s newspaper, The Gazette, entitled “A Response to Yesterday’s Anti-Semitic Hate Crime from a ‘Whiny Brat Jew,’” […]
Anti-Semitism – To Ignore or Not To Ignore
When Joan Rivers died a couple of weeks ago, one of my friends wrote a tribute to her on her blog. Up popped an anti-semite in the comments. Still shocking, but no longer surprising. Anyhow, the question of how to react was the topic of some discussion among us friends, and sparked further questions worth […]
Are Ukrainian Jews Political Pawns or Actual Targets?
As I sat in my kitchen, munching on matzah crack (chocolate-covered matzah, for the uninitiated) as my sole tribute to the Passover holiday, I struggled to absorb the news of that bastard in Kansas City who targeted Jews with his guns (and the Missouri MAYOR who agrees with him.) Then I read this afternoon that in Ukraine, […]
Jew-ish
Author’s Note: I wrote this a couple of years ago for my local Patch blog. In light of “The View’s” recent “discussions” and comments about Jews – you can read about it here and here – I thought it was worth re-publishing. Perfect!!! I thought of this about a month or so ago as a way […]