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...
by Webmaster | Feb 7, 2023 | Holidays, Identity
Be’chol Lashon had the chance to interview Jenni Rudolph and Maryam Chishti, Co-Executive Directors of The LUNAR Collective. By and for Asian Jews, The LUNAR Collective cultivates connection, belonging and visibility for Asian American Jews through intersectional...
by Webmaster | Jan 24, 2023 | Holidays, Identity
The Moed di Piombo (which in Italian means the Moed of Lead – in reference to the dark grey color of the clouds) marks a holiday little known, yet very important in the history of one of the oldest communities of the Jewish diaspora. It is remarkable not only in the...
by Webmaster | Dec 21, 2022 | Holidays, Identity
On Tuesday, December 20th, Be’chol Lashon was happy to join our friend and frequent contributor Eddna Samuel for a Hanukkah celebration in the Indian-Jewish tradition. The event was hosted at the Consulate General of India in New York by Consul General Randhir...
