by Shekhiynah Larks | Jul 16, 2021 | Identity, Recipes
In highschool, Alana Chandler interviewed six Chicago women for a Jews of Color cook booklet (booklet because it had less than 10 recipes) entitled Tzevayim (“colors” in Hebrew; accompanying video). She did this project as part of her Jewish United Fund’s Research...
by Diane Tobin | Jul 13, 2021 | Identity
On June 24, tragedy hit the town of Surfside, Florida. A building collapsed overnight without any warning, prompting a search and rescue operation. At the moment I am writing this, 78 people have been killed and approximately 62 are still unaccounted for. It’s not not...
by Diane Tobin | Jun 30, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
Juneteenth (also known as Emancipation Day) – the celebration of 19 June 1865, the day in which Texas complied with the Emancipation Proclamation – is now a national holiday in the United States. The circumstances leading to the proposed bill turning into law were...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jun 23, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. African American Jewish writer David Walker talks with Be’chol Lashon’s...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jun 18, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
If you saw my column about Juneteenth posted here over the last few days, or a previous version on the website of Be’chol Lashon several years ago, or a video version currently presented by Be’chol Lashon, you would know I had bittersweet feelings about the history of...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jun 17, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
On Thursday June 17th, 2021, President Biden signed a bill that acknowledges Juneteenth as a federal holiday. This is a monumental moment for recognition of African American history, culture, and progress in the national public sphere. Over time, Juneteenth has been...
