by Webmaster | Sep 26, 2018 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
International Ladino singer Sarah Aroeste recently teamed up with the Jewish community of Mumbai to create Baylamos, a musical celebration of Simchat Torah. Team Be’chol Lashon spoke to Aroeste and her Indian collaborator, Ednna Samuel, on how the colorful partnership...
by Webmaster | Sep 13, 2018 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
I never expected to find myself celebrating the end of Shabbat on a crowded strip of park between the Han River and the posh Gangnam neighborhood of Seoul. Yet this summer as the sun set, the familiar words and tunes of the Havdallah service made me feel at home in a...
by Webmaster | Aug 29, 2018 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Like the diverse members of the congregation itself, the kiddush luncheon dishes that frequently follow Shabbat services at Singapore’s United Hebrew Congregation reflect the richness of Jewish life from around the world. But the menu is also a highly personal one,...
by Webmaster | Aug 1, 2018 | Identity
We were up next. During the next 30 minutes, we made our case to the panel on why they should invest. We weren’t pitching a business plan to a room full of venture capitalists, nor were we being grilled by investors on an episode of “Shark Tank.” We were pitching the...
by Webmaster | Jul 19, 2018 | Identity
Whether walking into my favorite Jewish deli in Boca Raton, or curled up in a booth smelling curry and chicken tikka masala in my favorite Indian restaurant, I am home. I am a foodie, and I am blessed to have two heritages: Indian and Jewish. I was adopted from India...
by Webmaster | Jul 11, 2018 | Identity
Tolya Kurchenko—the protagonist of my debut novel, Forgiving Maximo Rothman, and its sequel, Forgiving Mariela Camacho—has a unique identity. Born and labeled a Jew in Soviet Russia, then mocked as a half-breed in the United States because his mother was a gentile,...
