by Webmaster | Oct 6, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
This is Latinx Heritage Month. Latinx Jews in the United States are a diverse group with many ways of engaging with their heritage and identity. To celebrate this diversity, Be’chol Lashon is sharing several short profiles of some of the many Latinx Jews who are...
by Webmaster | Sep 20, 2021 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
I am blessed in being both Asian and Jewish and being part of two traditions that focus on joy and bounty at this time of year. The overlap between Sukkot and the Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn festival, provides me with the chance to bring the two parts...
by Webmaster | Aug 30, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Avinu Malkeinu is one of the most powerful and evocative of the High Holiday prayers. Said during the standing prayer, the Amidah, on both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur it speaks to a vision of God as an all powerful parent watching over us. It is eternal. And yet, in...
by Webmaster | Aug 27, 2021 | Holidays, Identity, Recipes
The synagogue is the only place I see my grandmother sit still. We are positioned in the balcony together, behind a curtain, gazing down onto the wrapped bodies of men. Vigorously turning pages, they bow, move, and pray, standing as close to each other as they stand...
by Webmaster | Aug 26, 2021 | Holidays, Identity
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are a time for renewal and repentance. Each year we are encouraged to pause and reflect on who we have been and chart a new path forward. On Yom Kippur, we read in the liturgy that teshuvah (repentance), tefillah (prayer), and tzedakah...
