by Tani Prell | Oct 9, 2023 | Identity
Dear Community, Our hearts break for Israel and every human being impacted by the terror and violence of the past few days. The pain of this war is insurmountable as these horrific events tear at the lives of friends, families, siblings, and those who we’re connected...
by Tani Prell | Sep 12, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
It is hard to conjure up an image of the Jewish New Year without hearing the tunes associated with the season. The type of music that connects you to the High Holy Days often tells the story of your Jewish journey, with different tunes and refrains emerging from...
by Tani Prell | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured Story, Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
As an eight-year-old child, Rabbi Scialom Bahbout and his family experienced their own Exodus as they escaped the oppression of the Libyan government and made their way to Italy where he would grow up to become a rabbi serving the Jewish people in his adopted homeland...
by Davi Cheng | Sep 1, 2023 | Identity
Amy’s own Jewish-and-ness has been central to her identity throughout her life. Growing up in a mixed family in Sacramento, CA, she felt fortunate to grow up with peers who were also from mixed families. It wasn’t until college that she realized how unique it was to...
by Davi Cheng | Sep 1, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Monajat (which will release on September 9th) is inspired by old and haunting recordings of the prayers of Selihot chanted by Galeet’s late grandfather, Younes Dardashti, a famous master singer of Persian classical music in 1950s/60s Iran. Riffing off these old...
by Davi Cheng | Sep 1, 2023 | Identity
TBL: In your “Author’s Notes” you say, “When writing historical fiction we authors have a very specific goal in mind: to transport the reader to a time and place and into the mind of a character that they themselves can’t go to.” What was it about the time and...
