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...
by Webmaster | Feb 10, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Their love was evident to everyone who was there on that beautiful day in October when Yechochanan and Aminah Perkins stood under the chuppah. Three years later, the couple still glow in each other’s presence. “There is so much I love about Aminah,” says Yechochanan,...
by Webmaster | Feb 4, 2016 | Identity
The “Derby Bunch”, or “Six Pack” as my parents like to call them, are a motley crew of grandkids – three of each gender – born within a six-year span to my two siblings and myself. We are spread geographically along the Eastern seaboard, from New York down to Atlanta....
by Webmaster | Jan 28, 2016 | Identity
The question was simple: “What would the world look like if there was no more racism?” I turned to my partner and the first thing I could think of, besides a vision of a perfect world and the resultant celebration of course, was that I guess now I’d have to find a new...
