by Shekhiynah Larks | May 17, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Identity
When I set out to study in a traditional religious academy in Jerusalem last year, I was expecting a spiritual change, not a fashion makeover. I got both. Much of my professional life I worked in Los Angeles’s entertainment industry where fashion was essential to my...
by Webmaster | May 3, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Since I was young, I have pondered the social connotations of my blackness and my Jewishness in a divided society and how to embrace the beauty of my identities. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area under the guidance of two socially aware and cognizant...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Apr 6, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
As we prepare for our Passover seder this coming year, Stacey Menchel Kussell and Aaron Samuels bring us a collaborative and film project combining dance, music and poetry to unpack the daily rituals that we practice in our lives. The video, Ritual, follows four...
by Webmaster | Apr 6, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
For Rachel Shemarya (née Capelouto), a native of the Island of Rhodes, Passover provided an opportunity not only to share her delicious holiday recipes but also to transmit the Passover story and Sephardic songs in her native language, Ladino, to her family right here...
by Webmaster | Apr 5, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
Are there raisins in your haroset? In years past, your answer may have been “Of course!” or “Eww! Who does that?” Attitudes have since changed, thanks to recipe swapping on the net and a growing appreciation for the diversity of world Jewry. But a box of Sun-Maid was...
by Webmaster | Aug 11, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
When the list of the top ten Jews you should follow on social media platform Snapchat came out this week there were the inevitable comedians and foodies but only one rabbi made the cut! Vegan, Black and a bodybuilder, Sandra Lawson, a student at the Reconstructionist...
