by Intern | Oct 21, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity
When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed façade, the apple trees in the backyard, and of course my daughter’s contagious toothy grin waiting for me inside. But I also feel home, that indescribable sense of...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Aug 26, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one of emotion and longing, filled with desire. It was a secret language that my mother spoke with her mother, my grandmother, of blessed memory. My grandmother...
by Webmaster | Aug 26, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity
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by Webmaster | Aug 7, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity
What makes a secular Israeli connect to his Jewish identity, roots and spirituality? What makes secular Jew from Jerusalem become a Jewish educator in San Francisco? The answers are music, spirituality and the relationship between the two. If someone had told me ten...
by Intern | May 20, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise sometimes. I am a mother now. Up until 7 months ago when someone would ask me a defining attribute of myself, I would have said I’m a Ladino singer. That’s what...
by Intern | May 6, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity
So Katy Perry thinks she’s Sacha Baron Cohen, in possession of that subtle talent that turns offense into parody. Problem is, she is missing one very crucial element to her “shtick.” She’s not funny. A video circulating on the interwebs features Ms. Perry dressed up...
