by Webmaster | Jul 8, 2016 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
Life is a journey for each of us. It’s full of twists and turns and sometimes things happen to us without us understanding the reason why. Both sides of my family came to Judaism from Christianity. My paternal grandfather began to learn more about Judaism after he...
by Webmaster | Jun 28, 2016 | Identity
What does it mean to be Jewish and Asian? Amidst the complex conversations about race in America comes JewAsian, a groundbreaking book that explores Jewish Asian identity. What have authors and parent Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt learned about JewAsian...
by Webmaster | Jun 22, 2016 | Identity
“Everyone has a different tolerance for complexity.” This is a concept that was introduced to me in anticipation of adopting my son in 1997, and it has stuck with me over the years. Tolerance for complexity is not only a predisposition towards the way one approaches...
by Webmaster | Jun 14, 2016 | Identity
Music and Judaism go hand in hand. Every Shabbat service, lifecycle event, Jewish holiday or Israeli holiday has a specific song or melody that relates to that special day. “A Walk to Caesarea,” commonly known as, “Eli Eli”(“My God, My God”) written by Hannah Senesh...
by Webmaster | Jun 9, 2016 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
The Shavuot holiday is upon us. We celebrate our becoming a people committed to living the gift of receiving and living Torah. Shavuot also marks the spring harvest season. Growing up, I recall marking the holiday with ‘first fruits’ of the season. We now share the...
by Webmaster | Jun 6, 2016 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Shavuot is one of the rare Jewish holidays that really specifies a dairy meal. Some say it’s because the Torah came with the promise of a land of “chalav u’d’vash,” a land of milk and honey. Some say its because this is the time of the year when cows, goats and...
