by Webmaster | Nov 9, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Sarah Aroeste is a pioneer and leader in Sephardic Jewish culture and education. This three-part series about her twenty-year career speaks to a broader transformation that she has helped create in American Jewish life. Her newest recording, Hanuká, an album of...
by Webmaster | Nov 1, 2021 | Identity
‘Shave it off! They don’t like that here!’ my mom yelled from the kitchen. The ‘that’ she was referring to was my unibrow. The ‘they’ she was talking about were Americans. And she was right. I mean, it’s not like there’s a rule or law or anything. There’s not a sign...
by Webmaster | Oct 27, 2021 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
If ever there was a time for celebrating the depth and riches of Ethiopian culture, and Ethiopian food in particular, the holiday of Sigd is it. Most American Jews are still learning about the holiday but it has been on the Israeli calendar for over a decade and the...
by Webmaster | Oct 19, 2021 | Identity
This month Periphery, an exhibition about Jews of Color (JOC) opened in Toronto, Canada. A collaboration between the group No Silence on Race and the Ontario Jewish Archives, Periphery shares the voices and faces of Canadian Jews who are often not seen in the...
by Webmaster | Oct 18, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
We want to invite American Jews to join in song with our Ethiopian siblings in the joy of celebrating the everlasting Jewish connection to Jerusalem. Since 2008, Sigd has been recognized as a national holiday in Israel. In the streets of Jerusalem, thousands of...
by Webmaster | Oct 12, 2021 | Identity, Recipes
I never met my Grandpa Richard in person. I only ever spoke to him on the phone once before he died, when I was four. My mom grew up without him; we both had just begun to get to know him before he passed away. I remember being in the kitchen when my mom handed me the...
