by Webmaster | Jun 28, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
“Yiddish takes in people from the margins who wanted a little something else, or wanted something more, or wanted to add to their Jewish experience.” -Cameron Bernstein Cameron Bernstein was one of six students in her first Yiddish class her senior year of college....
by Webmaster | Jun 22, 2022 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
On June 18th, 2022 Be’ chol Lashon celebrated the group B’ Mitzvah of the first JOC B’ Mitzvah Cohort. The ceremony, officiated by Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll, served as the culmination of the cohort’s months of collective Torah study, exploration of what it...
by Webmaster | Jun 21, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
“What are we going to do for Juneteenth this year?” was the question on the table. In 2021, I’d participated in a panel discussion that developed out of one of the initiatives through the United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and the Rabbinical Assembly to...
by Webmaster | Apr 26, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Teaching children the skills to talk about their own identity and to hold space for the uniqueness of others is foundational to helping them develop the conscious empathy essential to identifying and combating bias. As an educator, one of the most accessible ways...
by Webmaster | Apr 19, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
When my husband and I decided not to have a third child, I shared an important Mimouna Kinberg family teaching with him. Mimouna (pronounced mee-moon-ah) is the Moroccan Jewish daylong festival celebrating the end of Passover and the possibilities ahead of us in our...
by Webmaster | Apr 13, 2022 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Passover can be a lonely time for those who are not able to spend it with their loved ones. In an effort to support every member of our community Be’chol Lashon will put on an abbreviated virtual Seder hosted by Shekhiynah Larks. Join us as we sing songs, share...
