by Webmaster | Dec 9, 2019 | Holidays, Identity
When I was growing up in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, all of my relatives and friends lived close together, and a lot of community events happened outdoors. We Bukharian Jews would close off the streets and a few houses would be in charge of organizing a party, like a block...
by Tani Prell | Nov 21, 2019 | Identity
TIMELINE 2020 Re-Election Campaign Rabbi Sizomu runs for a second term in Uganda’s Parliament but ultimately is not successful. He continues to lead the Abayudaya. 2019 Centennial Celebration The Abayudaya celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of their...
by Tani Prell | Nov 21, 2019 | Identity
San Francisco Adama-Music of the Jewish People African American Art & CultureComplex American Jewish World Service Anti-Defamation League (ADL) BayJews.org Brandeis Hillel Day School Bureau of Jewish Education, San Francisco Club 18, Jewish Community Center San...
by Webmaster | Nov 14, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Identity
By his count, the Sephardic opera singer and actor David Serero has performed more than 2,000 shows around the world over the past two decades. “It’s not about the number,” he said by phone during a recent trip to Paris, where he was born. “It’s more about remembering...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Nov 6, 2019 | Holidays, Identity
This week the Ethiopian Jewish community will begin its celebration of Sigd, an ancient holiday which is formally observed 50 days after Yom Kippur. Since 2008, Sigd has been recognized in Israel as a national holiday. Ethiopian Israelis today use the holiday to...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Oct 30, 2019 | Identity
Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks. These were the “Black people you should know,” and often the only ones covered in my classrooms every school year. Black history—if it was taught—was sometimes reserved for February. Black history was made to feel...
