by Tani Prell | Dec 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
On December 12, 2024, New York Mayor Eric Adams issued a citation recognizing Be’chol Lashon’s work to uplift the Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd. “New Yorkers take immense pride in their communities of faith,” the citation from Mayor Adams reads. “I am delighted to...
by Tani Prell | Dec 16, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
“As the winter holidays approach, Reboot Studios presents a new way to celebrate with Erev Yalda, a reimagining of the ancient Persian winter solstice celebration, Yalda. The new ritual blends Yalda with the themes of Hanukkah, through an Iranian-Jewish lens....
by Tani Prell | Dec 11, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Featured Story, Identity
Be’chol Lashon is excited to join The Jewish Book Council and 80 other Jewish organizations in celebrating Jewish Book Month! Support Jewish books and their authors with these 5 Jewish comics that bring Jewish diversity to life. ...
by Tani Prell | Nov 14, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Featured Story, Holidays, Identity
Access Be’chol Lashon’s Four-Part Sigd Video Series Our four-part video series was made possible by the YES Fund from the Women of Reform Judaism. At Be’chol Lashon we celebrate and prioritize diversity as a Jewish value by uplifting the historic...
by Amy Albertson | Aug 28, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity
The US, to Israel, and back to the US again. Dana Schneider’s experience as a mixed Yemenite, Ashkenazi, Israeli, Jewish woman exposed her to the multiculturalism of both the Jewish people, and Israeli society, essentially from birth. Dana was born in New York to a...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
I have a vision in my head of antisemitism. What I thought it was: Barbed wire fences and crazed soldiers, yellow stars blinking against the dark hue of a winter coat, the looming choice of a baptism or execution. Swastikas, stabbings, shootings, news headlines...
