by Shekhiynah Larks | Dec 2, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
Happy Hanukkah! The Be’chol Lashon team sat down with Brazilian-born Jewish Ladino opera singer, Carla Sutton Berg, to chat about her new Hanukkah song. Carla is an Educational Psychologist, artist, composer, and multicultural singer. Below is a translation of...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jul 28, 2021 | Identity
Jenni Rudolph was just three years old when the teacher at her Jewish preschool taught her the musical notes in treble clef. The recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music admits that it may have been a bit advanced, still it was a pivotal moment, “I truly credit...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jul 22, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity
Romance and music go hand to hand, which is why Talya Solan is launching a new Hebrew music channel just in time for Tu B’Av, the Jewish holiday of love which begins on Friday night. Solan also heads own musical group Yamma has an international audience for versions...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jul 16, 2021 | Identity, Recipes
In highschool, Alana Chandler interviewed six Chicago women for a Jews of Color cook booklet (booklet because it had less than 10 recipes) entitled Tzevayim (“colors” in Hebrew; accompanying video). She did this project as part of her Jewish United Fund’s Research...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Jun 23, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. African American Jewish writer David Walker talks with Be’chol Lashon’s...