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Authors » H » Aliza Hausman
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 Aliza Hausman is a Latina Orthodox Jewish convert, freelance writer, blogger and educator. Currently working on a memoir, she lives in New York with her husband who is pursuing rabbinical ordination. |
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How a Workaholic Control Freak Learned to Relax
Adventures in Shabbat
By Aliza Hausman
I come up with excuses for the way I live my life. I power-walk so fast I plow down pedestrians—without remorse. I tell myself it's not my fault they can't keep up with foot traffic, not my fault they can't keep up with life. Life is moving fast and if ...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Stories of Return » How a Workaholic Control Freak Learned to Relax
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Bagels and Locks
By Aliza Hausman
It is a tradition in my family. The women have always been obsessed with hair. They learned this from their mothers, who learned it from their mothers and on it went—sometimes skipping a generation until someone was lucky enough to be born with "good ...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Reflections » Bagels and Locks
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My Love/Hate Relationship with G-d
Working My Way Home
By Aliza Hausman
I was sure that G‑d had given up on me, sure that I was being overlooked. The space between us seemed infinite and never-ending. But something stirred...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Stories of Return » My Love/Hate Relationship with G-d
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Things We Have in Common
When Two Different Cultures Marry
By Aliza Hausman
"You married a white boy!" a high school pal exclaims in an email after discovering my wedding photos online. I groan. Later, my grandmother peers into my husband's blue eyes while watching our wedding DVD and repeatedly asks me, "Why did he marry you?"
Women » Relationships & Marriage » Personal Stories » Things We Have in Common
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Air Hugs
Fibromyalgia and the Power of Touch
By Aliza Hausman
I slumped in a stool, grading papers with happy face stickers because it hurt to write, and wearing headphones because the noise of the classroom sent painful shivers through my body. "Miss, can we hug you?" Reggie asked trembling, pushing his dreadlocks ...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Genetics & Disease » Air Hugs
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The Wake-Up Call
My Battle with Depression
By Aliza Hausman
As my sisters, my boyfriend, my friends and my students rallied to help me cope with physical illness, my mind was being warped by something more insidious. Realizing that I would live the rest of my life as a disabled person, I started to wonder whether ...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Mental Health » The Wake-Up Call
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Funny, You Don't Look Jewish
By Aliza Hausman
Even among "my people" in the Dominican Republic, I am considered rather pale; but in a crowd of Ashkenazi Jews, people tend to see my measly tan as exotic. I only wish I could tell all the gawkers outright that, just two years ago, I was a ...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Stories of Return » Funny, You Don't Look Jewish
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