Hinda Mandell | November 30, 2009
Did you hear the one about the Jewish graduate student who was greeted by a man carrying an ax in her grandfather’s Polish village?
Oh wait, that actually happened. To me.
This is where you’re supposed to shake your head at the rampant anti-Semitism in Poland today. And then, on cue, I say “hold up! It’s not [...]
Hinda Mandell | November 25, 2009
Hinda Mandell | November 25, 2009
By Faigel
I became a vegetarian at 19. I was working at a health food store when my colleague, who also read my animal totem and frequently massaged my chi, insisted that I read John Robbins’ “Diet for a New America.”
“It’ll change your life,” she insisted on a particularly lazy summer day at the store.
It did. [...]
Hinda Mandell | November 24, 2009
By Maidel
Home for the holidays. The cranberries. The gravy. The pumpkin pie. And the backhanded compliments.
Courtesy of mama: “Honey. You look so sweet in that blue, turtleneck sweater with the dreidels on it. But it wouldn’t hurt you to show some cleavage, if you know what I mean!”
Family love. You need body armor to remain [...]
Hinda Mandell | November 21, 2009
Hinda Mandell | November 19, 2009
By Faigel
“I need some straight men in my life!” the Maidel pined at Sunday brunch over vegan bacon, organic, cage-free eggs, and French-pressed coffee. The three gay men sitting at the table stared back at her.
“Me too,” said one.
The second one wrinkled his forehead, frowning his eyes sympathetically.
“Maidel, I don’t really know any single, straight [...]
Hinda Mandell | November 19, 2009
By Maidel
I have it coming at me from all sides. First, I come from a culture of matchmakers. (Anyone see “Fiddler on the Roof” lately?) Second, I come from a family of matchmakers. Correction, I come from a family of failed matchmakers.
Let’s take two steps back to the first premise: “I come from a culture [...]
Hinda Mandell | November 18, 2009
Editing courtesy of the Faigel, the techie.
Hinda Mandell | November 16, 2009
By Faigel
If I could bottle my years at Catholic day school and sell them as a brute-smelling cologne, I would name it Transgression. Catholic school, where hardworking parents send their little boys and girls to learn about Jesus, is a virtual who’s who of Leviticus. There’s in-school drug use, taboo desire, and vicious gossip – [...]
Hinda Mandell | November 16, 2009
By Maidel
I’m a Jewish day-school dropout. There’s no juicy story here. I didn’t vandalize the menorah or criticize Israel’s use of force. I didn’t participate in any kissy-kissy sessions in bathroom stalls.
No, none of that.
I dropped out because I got placed in low math in sixth grade. And my mom would have none of it.
“F&*%$! [...]
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