At my current position at Anera, I have been fortunate enough to put my training from academia into applied practice. This summer, I visited one of our women's economic empowerment projects in Qalqilya, Palestine, a project that was the result of one of the first successful grant applications that I had submitted with Anera. Here … Continue reading Women’s empowerment, from proposal to reality – The Olive Press Reblog
The Model Arab League Manual is the culmination of over decade’s joys and frustrations, all shared with one of the best colleagues I’ve ever had. Thank you so much to Manchester University Press, NCUSAR, and all of our former students and colleagues who helped us delve through mountains of paperwork, PDFs, and archival research to make this book a reality. If you had told me in 2004 that I would go on to be a national leader in this program, let alone coauthor the book on the program, I would have laughed. Hard.
Morena Baccarin! Calling out, through pithy dialogue, the lack of strong women in comic book movies (and most movies)! And then punching someone in the face! I watched the movie, excited for this one moment to occur, and then… Nothing. WHAT?
Jumping into actual comic books from the movies and television shows is terrifying and daunting. It’s like jumping into Doctor Who: where do you start? From the beginning? From the most recent major event? And with what character? And what publisher? And will people judge you if you pick the wrong place to start? And how did I make the leap from comic book noob to teaching Ms. Marvel?
The beauty of conversion is that one chooses their religious identity--that one becomes Jewish because it the religion that speaks most to them. But there is a comfort that comes from inheriting tradition that we did not realize we took for granted prior to conversion, from the little things we did in our pre-Jewish lives that we did not realize were so much a part of our identity.
I will start this post off by saying that yes, this is shameless pandering on some level. But nothing I'm about to say about my car isn't completely true (and anyone who has ever heard me wax on and on about my nearly eighteen-year-old car can confirm the validity of the sentiments hereafter). My parents purchased … Continue reading Love: It’s What Makes a Subaru MY Subaru
Being in a space where I've sung Kol Nidre, where I've attended Shabbat services several times, I began to hear the Hindu-inspired words from our yoga instructor instructor and attempt to put them into a Jewish context.
Well, it's the first morning of Pesach and we've already had a chametz fail in the House of Jordan. R. came over to sign tax forms (blech, April 15), and I offered him breakfast. Eggs or cereal. A perfectly fine offer if it weren't the first morning of Passover. He poured out cereal. I then … Continue reading Accidental Chametz
When you're a military brat (and I'm sure in many other kinds of childhoods, too), home is an ephemeral concept. I could say to you "I'm so excited to be going home this weekend!" and unless there have been other context clues in the conversation, that could mean any number of cities (or states!). But for me, my true home is Grandmom's house.
I should start by saying that if anyone needs to freak out on this blog post, please do it here on WordPress and not on my syndicated statuses (I really don’t want a Facebook avalanche). I’m sure there will be some Big. Shock. on some of your parts by the contents herein. I visited my … Continue reading “Are you still going to be Jewish?” – Or, “This isn’t ‘Nam! There are Rules!”
Holly A. Jordan 