by Webmaster | Mar 20, 2018 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Father-son rabbinic dynasties are nothing new, but Rabbis Sion and Braham David stand out as a family of firsts who have an especially strong dedication to Jewish tradition and a love of Passover. Both Rabbis David are Bene Israel Jews who trace their roots back more...
by Webmaster | Mar 14, 2018 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Jews are a people of memory and action. On Passover, we tell and retell a collective narrative of liberation, preserved and developed through stories, teachings, and rituals. The Exodus story, though ancient, resonates through the generations as a story of deliverance...
by Webmaster | Feb 21, 2018 | Identity
In August of 2017, we interviewed Souksavat Soukhaseum, knowns as Souks, about his journey from Laos as a child to being a Jewish New Yorker to working at the Free Synagogue of Flushing. Reaction to that interview came from around the world and led to an unexpected...
by Webmaster | Feb 7, 2018 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
This year, Black History Month resonates particularly strongly for me as a Jew. For this February, Jews around the world are reading the Torah portions that focus on the Israelites, Moses and the journey out of Egypt and towards freedom. Black history and the...
by Webmaster | Feb 1, 2018 | Identity
This week, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the spiritual leader of the Abayudaya Jewish community and a member of Uganda’s parliament, visited Israel at the invitation of the Masorti (Conservative) movement. While there, he participated in festivities marking the movement’s...
by Webmaster | Jan 25, 2018 | Identity
As the Jewish world — and much of the rest — mourns the passing of Julius Lester, I remember the man I met when his spiritual journey was not quite complete. Lester, 78, of Belchertown, Mass., passed away peacefully on Jan. 18, his daughter Lian Amaris posted on his...
