Abacaxi Mamão

"Abacaxi Mamão" (aba-ka-SHEE mah-MOW) means "Pineapple Papaya," which is what I ate daily for breakfast when I was in Brazil in March 2005. This has since become a place for me to reflect on living in New York, Jewish texts, gender issues, and general observations about life. The blog was most active from 2005-2009, although I have posted occasionally since then. (The best posts are also those from 2005-2009.) Thanks for reading!

7.28.2005

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Best Posts

• On Traveling Alone
• On Laundry and Letting Go
• Sibling Abuse
• Halachic Male Gaze and Body Weight vs. Body Feel
• Embracing the Nerd Within
• Moderately Self-Righteous Rant
• To New Beginnings
• Homes: Temporary and Semi-Permanent
• Julia Sweeney & ALG on God
• "Because You Have Struggled with God and Prevailed": Thoughts on Parshat VaYishlach

Categories

• Judaism
• mental health
• Brazil
• Torah
• gender
• Parsha (weekly Torah portion)
• New York
• family
• childhood
• life

get blogger categories!

What I'm Reading

• Freakanomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
• Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables, by John Peterson
• Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism, by Dr. Tamar Ross
• Love's Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy, by Irvin D. Yalom

What I Want to Read

• Human Rights in Judaism: Cultural, Religious, and Political Perspectives, Edited by Michael J. Broyde and John Witte, Jr.
• Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family, by Stephen J. Dubner
• "Ethnicity and Mixed Ethnicity: Educational Gaps Among Israeli-Born Jews"
• "Body & Soul: A Guide for Addressing Eating Disorders in a Jewish Education Setting"
• התחייבות עצמית של × ×©×™× במצות עשה שהזמן גרמא (E. Berkovits)
• "On Being Sane in Insane Places"
• "Shame and Illness: A Jewish Perspective"

Blogs I Read (Sometimes)

• Aidel Maidel
• A Little Pregnant
• Bitch Ph.D.
• Breeding Imperfection
• Chayyei Sarah
• Elie's Expositions
• First Fruits
• JDaters Anonymous
• JSpot
• The Jew and the Carrot
• LabRab
• Laid-Off Dad
• Live the Questions
• MahRabu
• Mikhaela's News Blog
• Moxie
• My Urban Kvetch
• Ruby K's Riot Act
• Shamir*Power
• SmelBlog
• Something Cheesy This Way Comes
• Uncommon Misconception
• Wasted Birth Control
• Yutopia
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Blog Directories

• Blogs by NYC Subway Line
• JewishBlogging.com
• J-Rants

Things to do in NYC for $0-$10 (Mostly)

• Bronx Zoo (free-Wed.)
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden (free-Tues.)
• Center for Jewish History
• Central Park
• City Parks Foundation
• Comedy Cellar
• CUNY Graduate Center
• Cooper Union
• JCC in Manhattan
• Madison Square Park Conservancy
• Makor Films
• Manhattan School of Music
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of the City of New York
• NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation
• NY Historical Society
• NY Liberty (summer)
• NYPL
• Prospect Park
• River to River (summer)
• Symphony Space Movies
• Upright Citizens' Brigade
• World Financial Center

Highlights of Brazil (more than $10 but less smelly than NYC)

• Tennis Point
• Ipanema Inn - Rio de Janeiro
• Colegio Talmud Torah Bar-Ilan - Rio de Janeiro
• Parque das Aves - Foz do Iguacu (English)
• Rio de Janeiro Tourism (English)

If You Want to go to Brazil...

• Consulate General of Brazil in NY (English)
• US State Dept. - Brazil

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