by Webmaster | Nov 27, 2017 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
For Jonathan Arogeti this Hanukkah is about a return to tradition—personal and collective. As a child, he never missed a Hanukkah Bazaar at Congregation Or VeShalom, Atlanta’s historic Sephardic Congregation. The Bazar was and still is a highlight not only of the...
by Webmaster | Nov 15, 2017 | Holidays, Identity
Pamela Ehrenberg’s multicultural children’s book Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas is hitting the shelves just in time for the holiday season. Be’chol Lashon caught up with the author to learn more about the newest book and her hopes promoting #WeNeedDiverseBooks for...
by Webmaster | Nov 7, 2017 | Identity
The last week of September found me arguing before a jury and exhorting them to acquit my client of multiple charges. They didn’t. I lost. The ramifications of this loss were huge: multiple natural life sentences consecutive to decades in prison. I had grown very...
by Webmaster | Oct 25, 2017 | Identity
In November 1984 my mother left Ethiopia with me on her back, walking for 14 days and 15 nights through Sudan to travel to Israel. This summer, after four years in the United States as The Jewish Agency’s senior shlicha (emissary) for The Jewish Federation of Greater...
by Webmaster | Oct 17, 2017 | Identity
I am glad that the High Holidays are over, but not for the reasons that you might think. Even though I ate apples and honey, this holiday season was not filled with easy joy for me. On Erev Rosh Hashanah, the day before the New Year, I was doing my last-minute Rosh...
by Webmaster | Oct 10, 2017 | Identity
I can’t remember a time when I did not wear my special kippah. Dyed with shades of blue, you can tell it was made with care. I never really thought about where it came from, but when it came time to have my bar mitzvah, I looked a little closer and learned this kippah...
