by Webmaster | Apr 5, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
I attended my first “freedom Seder” as a Freshman in college. I arrived early; I joined a table of familiar faces and felt relatively comfortable in the space. I noticed I was one of very few, maybe two, Black people. I tried not to pay that any mind and...
by Webmaster | Mar 7, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
In a few weeks, for the first time, I will celebrate a Jewish holiday in Israel. I have celebrated Purim many times before, but am excited about dressing up for the first time (in my adult life) with new friends and especially getting to try many types of...
by Webmaster | Mar 7, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
A few years ago, my mother’s good friend Elizabeth asked her for a hamantaschen recipe. This sent my mother down a rabbit-hole in search of the perfect hamantaschen. The quest lasted for several months. She tried many different approaches to the dough and...
by Webmaster | Feb 10, 2022 | Holidays, Identity
Growing up, Taili He-Brenners imagined that as an adult she would leave rituals she observed with her parents’ families behind. Shabbat dinners with her mother’s side and Lunar New Year with her father’s side were somewhat dull. “Growing up I did not care about...
by Webmaster | Feb 7, 2022 | Holidays, Identity
This week was a particularly memorable first in a year of many firsts. Eight months ago, our family moved from our long-time home in New York to my wife’s hometown of Seoul, Korea. It was difficult to uproot ourselves and leave behind our beloved city. However, our...
by Webmaster | Feb 3, 2022 | Holidays, Identity
Our family is Jewish and Chinese: one of us was born in New York City to Chinese immigrant parents, and the other to a European American couple in Michigan. From the moment we met and became a couple, our family culture and traditions have been fully Jewish, fully...
