So, I finally got around to calling this publisher who read my article in Yeshiva University's Kol Hamevaser. What in the world would the vice president of a Jewish publishing company want to discuss with little old me?
Well, let's just say that when I told one of my favorite authors (who I annoy with emails about how much I love their writing on a constant basis) the news, she wrote back:
"Oh. My. God. I'm so happy for you!"
Yes, can you tell she's a writer? Her husband won a Pulitzer.
Meanwhile, do I have it in me to write a whole book about converting?:)
In the meantime, check out my articles:
Funny, You Don't Look Jewish
Why are they so weird? Translating Dominican to Jewish and back again
Aliza Hausman is a first-generation Dominican-American Latina Orthodox Jewish convert or “Jewminicana” who discovered she was born Jewish of Sephardic Jewish Turkish ancestry post-conversion. She is also a writer, blogger, educator & speaker. This blog chronicles her thoughts on being Hispanic & Jewish, focusing on identity, Judaism, Jews of colors, Latinos, diversity, race, ethnicity, conversion to Judaism, culture, multiculturalism, illness, disability, books, films, news & more….