by Tani Prell | Mar 2, 2025 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual, Recipes
Many of us have faced difficulties during the past year. Community is more important now than it has ever been. For my part, I discovered that I was interacting with Ethiopian Jews, Israelis, other Jews of color, and the larger Jewish community of color (JOC). Because...
by Tani Prell | Feb 13, 2025 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Photo Credit: Kerry Constantino On New York’s Lower East Side, the Fridman Gallery, known for championing a diverse roster of international contemporary artists, is currently showing YAYA, the debut solo exhibition in the United States by Ethiopian Israeli...
by Tani Prell | Feb 10, 2025 | Featured Story, Holidays, Identity
Photo credit: Bob Fletcher (American, b. 1938) MFDP Celebration, Atlantic City, NJ, 1964 (printed 2024) Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 inches Courtesy of the Rubenstein Library, Duke University It is June 21, 1964, and three young men in a station wagon are...
by Tani Prell | Jan 17, 2025 | Identity
Photo credit: Agamesh Mengistu, mother of Avera Mengistu, with her son Ilan, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas) This piece was originally published by The Jewish News of Northern California. As the world breathes a collective sigh of...
by Tani Prell | Jan 16, 2025 | Holidays, Identity
The life and legacy of Martin Luther King Junior has discussions across difference as a central aspect to moving justice forward. Be’chol Lashon created this guide in partnership with Repair the World, an organization building a national movement to catalyze one...
by Tani Prell | Jan 11, 2025 | Identity
Dear Community, Shabbat Shalom from Be’chol Lashon It has always seemed fitting that Martin Luther King Jr. Day helped to launch the start of the new secular year. Filled with inspiration and hope, Dr. King’s life and legacy laid a path for us to create...
