http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=13724 Newest articles written by Aliza Hausman Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=969313 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=969313 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 you slow down, well… I didn't know what would happen since I'd never really tried it... Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=947883 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=947883 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 hair"... Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=791582 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=791582 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... Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=733602 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=733602 "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?" Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=713680 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=713680 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 back from his face... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=666803 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=666803 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 or not life was worth living... Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=651188 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=651188 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 non-practicing Catholic... Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST