by Tani Prell | Jan 25, 2024 | Holidays, Identity
This Tu B’shvat, we at Olamim are thinking about family, diaspora, community life, and one of the seven species in particular, the olive. Olamim, an Innovation Hub of Be’chol Lashon, is a Latin Jewish learning community for families and individuals. Through...
by Tani Prell | Jan 11, 2024 | Holidays, Identity
Sigd is an ancient Jewish holiday, observed 50 days after Yom Kippur. Bringing together the community in ritual, prayer, and festive celebration, Sigd recognizes a return to Jerusalem and carries themes of freedom, safety, and holiness. Through the generations, Sigd...
by Tani Prell | Dec 13, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
This year, Carla Berg is making this dark season a bit brighter by gifting us with a new English language take on her Ladino Hanukkah song. There could be no better time for a miracle, making the title of Carla’s songs especially fitting. The original song Nes,...
by Tani Prell | Dec 12, 2023 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Growing up with a Yemenite-Israeli father and an Ashkenazi-Canadian mother, Gila Green knew more about the diversity of Jewish life than many of her Canadian classmates. As an adult she moved to Israel and became a novelist, book editor, and an English as a Foreign...
by Tani Prell | Sep 12, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
It is hard to conjure up an image of the Jewish New Year without hearing the tunes associated with the season. The type of music that connects you to the High Holy Days often tells the story of your Jewish journey, with different tunes and refrains emerging from...
by Tani Prell | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured Story, Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
As an eight-year-old child, Rabbi Scialom Bahbout and his family experienced their own Exodus as they escaped the oppression of the Libyan government and made their way to Italy where he would grow up to become a rabbi serving the Jewish people in his adopted homeland...
