by Shekhiynah Larks | May 6, 2019 | Identity
Though my formal Jewish journey started only a decade ago, I feel that in many ways I was born Jewish. I say that not only because like many people in Central and South America, I have some historic Jewish heritage, but because mentally and in my heart, I have always...
by Webmaster | Apr 26, 2019 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Keeping a chametz-free diet during Passover can be challenging for health-minded folks, especially for Ashkenazi Jews like me who try to avoid eating meat and other animal products. While life became a little easier for some of us in 2015, after the Conservative...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Apr 11, 2019 | Identity
Aside from the love it or leave it relationship with Passover candies, rice and beans are often the most contentious Passover food concern. Most Jews with roots in Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East have always been permitted to eat rice and beans at Passover...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Apr 9, 2019 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
There’s something about Passover that makes it my indisputable favorite Jewish holiday. With the perfect combination of rituals, storytelling and culinary traditions, along with some neurotic spring cleaning incentives, this beautiful festival carries with it meaning...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Apr 4, 2019 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
This year at Passover, Rosita Goldstein will be thinking about her two oldest children, who—away at college and participating in work-study—are unable to get home for the first time to celebrate with their family. But, sitting at home in the tropical heat and winds of...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Mar 26, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Sadly, this week’s post is a reminder that the gun violence that disproportionately impacts minority communities in the United States also impacts Jews. I remember crying on my 21st birthday. I’d made it. Twenty-one is not simply the age in which the doors of...
