by Webmaster | Oct 13, 2016 | Identity
At Sukkot the custom of Ushpizin, offers us a chance, to be as welcoming and as inclusive as we would like to be. Traditionally, the Ushpizin are biblical figures who we symbolically invite to join us in the sukkah, bringing their legacy in to guide us in the here and...
by Webmaster | Sep 26, 2016 | Holidays, Identity
מִן-הַמֵּצַר, קָרָאתִי יָּהּ; עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ Out of the tight place I called to the LORD; God answered me with great enlargement. -Psalm 118:5 Rosh Hashanah is more than a New Year. It is the beginning of the Aseret Y’mei Teshuvah, the 10 Days of...
by Webmaster | Sep 21, 2016 | Identity
What is Jewish music? For some it is the violins of Klezmer. For others it is Leonard Bernstein. For Sarah Aroeste it is contemporary tunes in Ladino. For Reuben ‘Prodezra’ Fromey it is hip hop with Torah values. Aroeste and Fromey have very different musical...
by Webmaster | Sep 15, 2016 | Identity
“How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. Happy Passover y’all.” This was the caption that I wrote on one of my most recent Facebook profile pictures. The photo featured my smiling face some with poorly edited-on Jewish and Passover-themed animations (matzah, a torah,...
by Webmaster | Sep 7, 2016 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
The summer is over, the school year has started, and so it follows that Rosh Hashanah can’t be too far away. The holidays are a month away which gives us all enough time to plan and try out a few new recipes to add to our Rosh Hashanah table. Here are five of our...
by Webmaster | Aug 30, 2016 | Identity
Cultural anthropologists call it ‘going native’. You find yourself in the field as a participant observer of your host culture and before you know it, the lines blur. You fall in love with this culture, you want to transition and be part of it. You adopt language,...
