by Webmaster | Jan 7, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Last month, I recorded a 1-minute video on TikTok, the social media platform popular with Generation Z that I’ve been using since September. Wearing a durag and sitting on my bed in Oakland, I shared some thoughts about “Jewish conditional whiteness” from my...
by Webmaster | Nov 12, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Tigist Yoseph Ron was seven and her younger sister, Hirut Yoseph, only five when they made the treacherous journey from their birthplace of Gondar, Ethiopia, to the border with Sudan. It was 1984, and Israel was preparing to evacuate thousands of Jews from war-torn...
by Shekhiynah Larks | May 12, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Galeet Dardashti comes from a long line of renowned Persian singers. Her grandfather, Yona Dardashti, was a famous performer of Persian classical music in Iran. Her father, Farid Dardashti, sang on a weekly television show in Iran and later became a hazzan in the...
by Shekhiynah Larks | May 4, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Elijah Gordon, aka Sølä, The Jewmaican, is a bright, up and coming musician and playwright who just released his first EP called “OnTrack.” On the EP, the 18-year-old explores his Jewish-Jamaican identity and culture through rap, spoken word, and singing. Team Be’chol...
by Webmaster | Apr 28, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Every culture has developed its own poetry. From ancient biblical songs to modern rap battles, there are numerous expressions of poetry in every culture. “Poetry in all languages is based on the length of a breath and the rhythm of the heart,” explains Emily Farranto....
by Webmaster | Feb 11, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Identity
My drawings and paintings are a catalog of my evolving relationship with myself and society. As far back as I can remember, my greatest source of joy has been creating art. I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, which is a remarkably diverse city. In classroom...
