by Webmaster | Sep 11, 2014 | Holidays, Identity
Change is an inevitable part of our lives. Most changes, however, happen to us from the outside: we age, we move, the world changes around us regardless of our desires to frame it in a moment. And yet, the most meaningful changes are often those that we set in motion...
by Intern | Sep 9, 2014 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
From black-eyed pea hummus spiked with homemade horseradish harissa to matzoh-meal fried chicken cooked in shmaltz, to peach noodle kugels touched with garam masala, Afro-Ashkefardi is my way of cooking Jewish. While some of my DNA goes back to old Jewish genes, I...
by Intern | Sep 8, 2014 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
One of our favorite bloggers Jennifer “CubanRuebel” has done it again! She has come up with a wonderful holiday meal with an authentic Cuban flair. For the busy family prepping for the holiday this is the perfect way to create a holiday meal that will surpass...
by Webmaster | Sep 4, 2014 | Holidays, Identity
Growing up in a very Reform household, I was never completely comfortable at the prospect of being called to the bima for an honor. Until I attended Mass. Most every Sunday, for more than a year. washington_03_72dpiThe reason wasn’t religious, but journalistic; as...
by Intern | Sep 2, 2014 | Identity, Recipes
My daughter Mia often watches Iron Chef, a cooking show on TV in which they designate a secret ingredient that is required to be in every dish. For Rosh Hashanah we wish for a New Year bright and full of possibilities. And so we knew the secret ingredient needed to...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Aug 26, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one of emotion and longing, filled with desire. It was a secret language that my mother spoke with her mother, my grandmother, of blessed memory. My grandmother...
