by Webmaster | Sep 20, 2021 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
I am blessed in being both Asian and Jewish and being part of two traditions that focus on joy and bounty at this time of year. The overlap between Sukkot and the Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn festival, provides me with the chance to bring the two parts...
by Webmaster | Aug 27, 2021 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
The synagogue is the only place I see my grandmother sit still. We are positioned in the balcony together, behind a curtain, gazing down onto the wrapped bodies of men. Vigorously turning pages, they bow, move, and pray, standing as close to each other as they stand...
by Webmaster | Aug 26, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are a time for renewal and repentance. Each year we are encouraged to pause and reflect on who we have been and chart a new path forward. On Yom Kippur, we read in the liturgy that teshuvah (repentance), tefillah (prayer), and tzedakah...
by Davi Cheng | Aug 24, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed us, how we interact with people, how we behave and how we live. This year, with the surge of the Covid Delta variant, our synagogue leadership has decided to hold services virtually – yet again. The High Holy Days, (in Hebrew,...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jul 22, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
Romance and music go hand to hand, which is why Talya Solan is launching a new Hebrew music channel just in time for Tu B’Av, the Jewish holiday of love which begins on Friday night. Solan also heads own musical group Yamma has an international audience for versions...
by Diane Tobin | Jun 30, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
Juneteenth (also known as Emancipation Day) – the celebration of 19 June 1865, the day in which Texas complied with the Emancipation Proclamation – is now a national holiday in the United States. The circumstances leading to the proposed bill turning into law were...
