by Webmaster | Aug 24, 2016 | Identity
Why would you want to do that?! You do realize that no observant Jewish people will ever accept you, right? You’re kidding!? WHY!? Those are some of the questions/comments I heard when I shared the news that I would actively be working on the process to convert to...
by Webmaster | Aug 19, 2016 | Identity
When I was nine years old, my family sat me down to watch the landmark documentary Eyes on the Prize. After I watched the story about Emmett Till’s horrible murder and his murderers’ eventual acquittal, I lay awake in my bed, too terrified to sleep. The idea that a...
by Webmaster | Aug 11, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
When the list of the top ten Jews you should follow on social media platform Snapchat came out this week there were the inevitable comedians and foodies but only one rabbi made the cut! Vegan, Black and a bodybuilder, Sandra Lawson, a student at the Reconstructionist...
by Webmaster | Jul 27, 2016 | Identity
This week rabbinic student Isaama Stoll is heading up to Camp Be’chol Lashon to teach Torah, pray and hang with other Jews of Color. We caught up with this dynamic leader on the rise to find out more about her journey to the rabbinate, being a role model and her...
by Webmaster | Jul 18, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Judaism and Calypso? An unexpected combination? For Oscar Sarmiento, Duvan Vargas and Ruben de la Hoz, living on the shores of the Caribbean, nothing could be more obvious. And once you’ve had a listen to their version of Adon Olam (video below) you will likely agree....
by Webmaster | Jul 11, 2016 | Identity
I have a black son. I have a black son and I am his white mama. I have a black son who is too young still to know that society fears him, mistrusts him, doubts him, considers him a threat. I have a black son and I am his white mama. It’s personal. I have a black son....
