by Intern | Oct 30, 2014 | Identity
“Is she converting?” “Clearly, she is not from around here, I wonder if she is even Jewish.” “She must be someone’s nanny…” These were not just the petty thoughts of those who saw me with my mother, but also at times the actual words spoken. Did these people aim to...
by Webmaster | Oct 28, 2014 | Identity
Recently, über-quaint San Miguel de Allende—named a UNESCO World Heritage city in 2008– was picked as the #1 City in the World by Condé Nast’s Traveler magazine. Yes, we beat out Paris, Prague, New York, Budapest, and Florence. But one overlooked jewel in this city is...
by Webmaster | Oct 23, 2014 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
While driving down Route 95 on the East Coast, one has the ability to survey hundreds of billboards along the way. They aim to tell the passerby that life without their product is a life that is incomplete. Without that specific phone, insurance plan, TV show or...
by Intern | Oct 21, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity
When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed façade, the apple trees in the backyard, and of course my daughter’s contagious toothy grin waiting for me inside. But I also feel home, that indescribable sense of...
by Intern | Oct 12, 2014 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
I was born and raised in a traditional Jewish family in India. My father Dr. Samuel Solomon was a professor in the College of Agriculture, Pune where I spent the first 16 years of my life. On Simchat Torah morning, the gardener used to bring a basket of jasmine buds...
by Intern | Oct 7, 2014 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
Sukkot appears to be one holiday in which the Moroccan and Ashkenazic customs and rituals are fairly similar. We both use the lulav and etrog and we both build a sukkah. I imagine that the sukkah building materials might have differed in Morocco than the materials my...
