by Webmaster | Mar 16, 2016 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Want the secret recipe to the perfect global Jewish cocktails? Read on. After all, the story of Purim is, in part, a story about “passing” — hiding your identity because it is disadvantageous or even deadly to be who you really are. Esther’s dilemma has always struck...
by Webmaster | Mar 14, 2016 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Purim is right around the corner! Among the traditions of the holiday is the exchanging of gifts of food with one another. Many communities exchange mishloach manot (Hebrew: sending of portions). In our Ladino community, I’ve always heard it referred to as Platikos...
by Webmaster | Mar 8, 2016 | Identity
The day was bleak and windy. At best, I figured, there would be maybe six hours of daylight. The clouds above me swirled, preparing to unleash a fresh snowfall as I sat in the warm Synagogue in Oslo, Norway. It was a typical Saturday morning service, but the crowd was...
by Webmaster | Mar 1, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Identity
It was not until she was already on her way to adulthood, that singer Sarah Aroeste discovered the connection between her Sephardic roots in Greece and her love of music with the Sephardic musical traditions in Ladino. Becoming a mother for the first time, she did not...
by Webmaster | Feb 25, 2016 | Identity
Yes, it’s true. The Chief Rabbi of Uganda has been elected to parliament in his home country. A remarkable feat for a rabbi outside of Israel, not easily achieved. As Rabbi Gershom Sizomu reported on Sunday February 21, 2016, “I’m happy to inform you that I was...
by Webmaster | Feb 16, 2016 | Holidays, Identity
If you had to pick one figure from Black history who inspires you, who would it be? An unfair question to be sure, as there are so many deserving possibilities and at different moments and for different reasons, we may be inspired by different individuals. But this...
