Chaviva

My blogs

Blogs I follow

About me

Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Blogger, Editor, Student, Social Media Maven
Location	Neve Daniel, Israel
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	I began this blog in April/May 2006 shortly after converting to Judaism under Reform auspices in Lincoln, Neb., as a way to discuss my journey. After all, the Jewish journey doesn't end with conversion, it's where it starts! This blog winds its way through a variety of cities -- Lincoln, Washington D.C., Chicago, Storrs (CT), and Teaneck (NJ) to Denver and hopefully onward to Israel -- as well as a variety of jobs. I trekked through Reform Judaism to Conservative to Orthodoxy while living in Chicago. I completed my Orthodox conversion on January 1, 2010, got engaged a week later, and was married on May 31, 2010 and divorced in September 2011. I've made aliyah, and met the man who will be my husband. Life is good! The purpose of this blog is to share my story, my struggles, my ups and my downs, and to connect with others about anything and everything Jewish and social media. Write me, talk to me, comment, and be well!
Interests	Earl Grey Vanilla Cremes, suicide girls, g33ks, older men, intelligence, men, copy editing, women, firefox web browser, international films, people watching, snow, the internet, water coolers, German Expressionism, French New Wave, film, indian food, cooking curry, retro posters, collages, the finer things in life, art museums, barack obama, bare feet, black and white, books, coffee, colors, curry, elie wiesel, french, french fries, halakah, history, independence, independent films, indian food, itzhak perlman, j.d. salinger, john edwards, john kerry, journalism, judaism, kisses, kurt vonnegut, maimonides, moses mendelssohn, new york city, newspapers, rashi, smoothies, snow, springtime, stars, the daily nebraskan, the internet, the jew tunes project, the new york times, voltaire, washington d.c., yiddish, politics, mountains, hebrew, aviation, september, vanilla lattes
Favorite Movies	The Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Professional, ...And G-d Created Woman, American History X, Garden State, Breathless, The Cabinet of Caligari, Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shawshank Redemption, The Red Violin, To Sir With Love, Amelie, Lost in Translation, Schindler's List, Pi, Reqieum for a Dream, the United States of Leland, Frida, Late Night Shopping, Pumpkin, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Favorite Music	Adele, Bat for Lashes, Yael Naim, Camera Obscura, Aqualung, Pinback, Stars, Feist, The Fray, Fall Out Boy, Rilo Kiley, Weezer, Mae, I am the World Trade Center, Saves the Day, Sherwood, Tilly & the Wall, Tegan & Sarah, Sleater Kinney, Jill Scott, Etta James, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, the Postal Service, Radiohead, Rooney, THE SHINS, Simon & Garfunkel, the Starting Line, Wilco, the White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mates of State, the Flaming Lips, Joe Satriani, JEW, Guster, Death Cab for Cutie, Gavin Degraw, Itzhak Perlman, Coldplay, Cat Power, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Ani Difranco, Bel and the Dragon, Remy Zero, the Get Up Kids, Apples in Stereo, Oasis, Kevin Flinn, Something Corporate, Explosions in the Sky, Matisyahu, Judah the Budah, Superdrag, The Editors, Say Anything
Favorite Books	Blankets, a problem from hell, Candide, Breakfast of Champions, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Cry the beloved country, Jew vs. Jew, The Red Tent, Everything is Illuminated, Mona in the Promised Land, The Ladies Auxiliary, The Chosen, Yiddish Policemen's Union, Mara