by Webmaster | Nov 26, 2018 | Holidays, Identity
Do you have any idea how many times I have had the “No, Hanukkah actually is NOT the Jewish version of Christmas” conversation in my lifetime? It usually begins with me having to explain that I don’t celebrate Christmas. Only Hanukkah. “But you’re half-black,” people...
by Tani Prell | Nov 21, 2018 | Identity
by Webmaster | Nov 14, 2018 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
Black hair is a contentious and highly personal topic. Whether we address its beauty and versatility or mock its propensity to stand out, the question remains: What do you do with it? The black hair question was never more spiritually apparent to me than in the days...
by Webmaster | Oct 31, 2018 | Identity
On Saturday, I received a text: why do they hate us so much? It was from my daughter, a college freshman who is thousands of miles away from home but, at that moment, was reaching out for comfort, wishing she was curled up on the couch beside me. Which they did she...
by Webmaster | Oct 23, 2018 | Identity
My mother was just 16, when I was born. Even in the United States, that often means the end of education and opportunity and all the more so for girls in rural Ethiopia, where my parents lived and I was born. But my parents have never been limited by gender or social...
by Webmaster | Oct 16, 2018 | Identity
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell has been the subjectof numerous profiles in recent years. Given his unique background—he is a black, Jewish and gay former opera singer who now performs primarily in Yiddish—reporters tend to ask him the same questions over and over...
