by Webmaster | Nov 15, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
When I hear the word “fusion”, it conjures up images of the frozen food aisle at the supermarket, exhibiting a gallery of TV dinner meals. Some consider fusion cuisine inauthentic blasphemy or a cloying attempt at symbolizing post-racial harmony. But, verbiage aside,...
by Webmaster | Nov 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
(click here to read part one and part two of this 3-part series) 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...
by Webmaster | Nov 11, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
(click here to read part one and part three of this 3-part series) 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...
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 | Featured Story, 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...
