by Webmaster | Mar 14, 2018 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Jews are a people of memory and action. On Passover, we tell and retell a collective narrative of liberation, preserved and developed through stories, teachings, and rituals. The Exodus story, though ancient, resonates through the generations as a story of deliverance...
by Webmaster | Jan 10, 2018 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Ahava means love. My love of Judaism and my cultural identity as a Black Jew are at the core of who I am. Shabbat is the highlight of my week. It is a sacred time for me to consciously reflect and heal. It is a time when I take a meditation walk and think about my...
by Webmaster | Dec 14, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, Francesca Aoki Biller found the combination of her Russian-Jewish and Japanese-Buddhist heritage challenging and inspiring. Both her grandmother’s and her struggles with identity and faith fueled her creativity. After...
by Webmaster | Dec 6, 2017 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
This holiday season, I invite you to try a latke recipe with a bit more spice! In preparation for Hanukkah, I created a recipe that mixed my Latina and Jewish roots and my taste-testers and I couldn’t be happier with the result! Pancakes have always been big in my...
by Webmaster | Nov 27, 2017 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
For Jonathan Arogeti this Hanukkah is about a return to tradition—personal and collective. As a child, he never missed a Hanukkah Bazaar at Congregation Or VeShalom, Atlanta’s historic Sephardic Congregation. The Bazar was and still is a highlight not only of the...
by Webmaster | Nov 15, 2017 | Holidays, Identity
Pamela Ehrenberg’s multicultural children’s book Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas is hitting the shelves just in time for the holiday season. Be’chol Lashon caught up with the author to learn more about the newest book and her hopes promoting #WeNeedDiverseBooks for...
