by Shekhiynah Larks | Apr 20, 2020 | Identity
Last month, I was scheduled to fly to Berlin to attend a book festival. After lots of discussion, the festival was cancelled a week before it was to take place due to fears about the spread of coronavirus. The dates happened to be just after my grandmother’s first...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Feb 26, 2020 | Identity
This summer, I will be a first-time counselor at Camp Be’chol Lashon, a Jewish leadership camp that teaches about global Jewish diversity. CBL represents a place where I can fully be myself, something I was not always able to do. Growing up in Boulder, Colorado, I was...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Dec 19, 2019 | Holidays, Identity
I am sure people wonder how you can be Greek and Jewish, especially around Hanukkah, a time when we’re taught that the Maccabees proudly rose up against the pagan Greeks and regained Jewish independence. But it has never been a problem for me. I’m a proud Sephardic...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Dec 18, 2019 | Identity
[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”article-header-banner”] [vc_column_text “post-meta-data”][+AUTHOR+][+PUBLICATION+][+DATE+] A week ago, before the latest act of apparent domestic terrorism claimed four innocent lives at a New Jersey...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Dec 12, 2019 | Identity
Just ahead of the Hanukkah holiday, the historic Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai celebrated its own Hanukkat Habayit, rededication and celebration. The second oldest synagogue in India has recently been restored and this week was recognized by UNESCO with an...
