by Webmaster | Jan 13, 2022 | Holidays, Identity
I was taught that Martin Luther King Jr. was a hero in school. I was taught that Black people had achieved equality because of his work. As I got older, I began to see that sitting next to a white person or going to a restaurant without being arrested wasn’t...
by Webmaster | Dec 14, 2021 | Identity
It was a no-brainer to hold my son’s bar mitzvah in Tokyo. Seiji Hillel, my bicultural son, was born and raised in Tokyo and was firm in his Japanese identity. His Jewish identity was on wobblier ground. As his Jewish mother, I wanted my religion to have value...
by Webmaster | Dec 7, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
From the moment they met, it was a musical match. RebbeSoul is an American Jew of Hungarian descent. Shlomit Levi is an Israeli of Yemenite origins. Even though they come from very different musical backgrounds, the moment Levi stepped into RebbeSoul’s sound studio...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Dec 2, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
Happy Hanukkah! The Be’chol Lashon team sat down with Brazilian-born Jewish Ladino opera singer, Carla Sutton Berg, to chat about her new Hanukkah song. Carla is an Educational Psychologist, artist, composer, and multicultural singer. Below is a translation of...
by Webmaster | Nov 23, 2021 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
I am Sephardi-Mizrahi. My family is half Turkish and half Persian and both traditions have AMAZING food, but my favorite Hanukkah recipe hands down come from my Turkish side. My family honors the Festival of Lights by frying Saludozas for the holiday. Saludozas (sg....
by Webmaster | Nov 23, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
This is Mizrachi heritage month. So we are celebrating the diversity of Mizrachi and MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) Jews. Each community has its own ways of engaging with its diasporic heritage and identity. Be’chol Lashon in partnership with SAMI Sephardic...
