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...
by Webmaster | May 31, 2016 | Identity
Where do seasoned camp veterans go to learn more about camp? Why camp, of course! Camp Be’chol Lashon is the only majority multiracial Jewish camp in the world and more intimate than other Jewish camps but last week, Camp Be’chol Lashon (CBL) staffers Michael DeYoung...
by Webmaster | May 17, 2016 | Identity
Sometimes your soul knows, before your mind, where it needs to go. I was born in Louisville, Kentucky. My father is Willie Taylor. His mother was Native American, but she passed away when he was young. His father was African as far as I know. My father had a hard life...
by Webmaster | May 4, 2016 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
What does it mean to be hero in Judaism, and who to me represents that more than anyone? For me, a hero is someone who in spite of adversity, still manages to build a world around her that is for the sake of growth, of positivity and of Shalom. My personal model of...
by Webmaster | Apr 25, 2016 | Holidays, Identity
What are your plans for Saturday night? As Jews around the world conclude the observance of Passover, many will be rushing to pizza parlors to fill their stomachs with delightfully leavened food. But Jews of North African descent take the party to a whole new level,...
