by Webmaster | Nov 6, 2014 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
This week, I’d like to focus on the self, not as the observer, but as the observed. Not when we felt comfortable enough to notice the difference in the other, but more the moment my insides pinch from when realizing everything we believe ourselves to be, is called...
by Intern | Nov 3, 2014 | Identity
photos credit Chester Higgins Be’chol Lashon mourns the passing of Rabbi Hailu Paris, a native of Ethiopia who lived most of his life in the United States but never lost his connection to his native land. Hailu Paris was born in 1933 in Addis Ababa. He spent...
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...
