by Tani Prell | Sep 10, 2026 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
This year, something happens that doesn’t happen often: my two new years fall on the same day. On September 11, Ethiopians everywhere, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and secular alike, will celebrate Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year. That same evening, as the sun...
by Tani Prell | Aug 28, 2026 | Identity
Over the past five years, Ariela Ronay-Jinich has founded and led Olamim, an organization cultivating Latin Jewish belonging among families in the Bay Area. What began as a playgroup to connect Latin Jewish families, grew into an intergenerational program blending...
by Tani Prell | Jul 7, 2026 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
I never expected to be trapped in a mourning silo-alone/sola. I can sigh in Hebrew, Spanish and English, just in case you are wondering? It all sounds the same. There standing as a daughter/hija, mother/madre, sister/hermana, cousin/prima, and friend/amiga, a Catholic...
by Tani Prell | Jun 17, 2026 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Pride Month is a protest! It is an honoring of the legacy of those who came before us, a reminder that our dynamism is to be celebrated and protected, and that wherever on the spectrum of gender, sexuality, and identity you live, you are to be loved and cherished as a...
by Tani Prell | Jun 15, 2026 | Arts & Culture, Identity
“I wrote a book about Martha Jean (left) and Essie (right), and worked to find the people they came from, because I think that the documentation of that compounded worth is a blessing in itself, a precious inheritance.”-Marcella White Campbell As anyone...
by Tani Prell | May 29, 2026 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Hyphen Fest transformed the historic sanctuary and garden of the Free Synagogue of Flushing into a celebration of identity, storytelling, and belonging on May 17, 2026. Hosted by Be’chol Lashon in partnership with the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), the...
