by Webmaster | Jun 22, 2022 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
On June 18th, 2022 Be’ chol Lashon celebrated the group B’ Mitzvah of the first JOC B’ Mitzvah Cohort. The ceremony, officiated by Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll, served as the culmination of the cohort’s months of collective Torah study, exploration of what it...
by Webmaster | Jun 22, 2022 | Holidays, Identity
On Friday June 17th, 2022, Be’chol Lashon marked Juneteenth and welcomed Shabbat. In conjunction with Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center Manhattan, Keshet, and the JCRC of New York, we came together on a rooftop in Manhattan. Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll led the...
by Webmaster | Jun 21, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
“What are we going to do for Juneteenth this year?” was the question on the table. In 2021, I’d participated in a panel discussion that developed out of one of the initiatives through the United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and the Rabbinical Assembly to...
by Webmaster | Jun 15, 2022 | Identity
Praxis is the act of turning ideas into practice and living out our ideas. For me, Black Jewishness is praxis. Black Jewishness is more a way of life and responsibility than just piety or being religious. The praxis is applying the customs, rituals, and weekly Torah...
by Webmaster | May 31, 2022 | Identity
Joshua Maxey is an advocate for JoC and LGBTQ+ Jewish voices. His story shares the difference one person and one welcome embrace can make in our lives. Growing up, Joshua Maxey embraced the idea of “b’tzelem elohim” that we are all made in God’s image. While...
by Webmaster | May 17, 2022 | Identity, Recipes
May is Jewish Heritage Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. For the Meyer-Fong family, this is a natural convergence. Like many, over the pandemic, Dr. Meyer-Fong spent time in the kitchen. Some of her culinary experiments brought Chinese and...
