by Webmaster | Mar 31, 2021 | Identity
In Japanese tradition, Suzaku, a mythological spirit creature, protects the region. Suzaku has a superpower; the elegant and noble bird has the ability to rise again and be reborn like a phoenix. I have spent a lot of my life allowing myself to be metaphorically...
by Webmaster | Mar 23, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Cantor Annelise Ocanto-Romo is proud of her Latino and Sephardic heritage. Both of her parents grew up in Venezuela but did not fully embrace Judaism until after coming to the United States to study. As a child, Cantor Ocanto-Romo identified strongly as both a Jew and...
by Webmaster | Mar 19, 2021 | Identity, Recipes
[vc_row “container” el_id=”home-list-container”] “3/4”] Culinary instructor, recipe developer, and private chef Orly Elyashar was born in Tehran, Iran in 1977. Orly and her family fled Iran at the outset of the Iranian revolution....
by Webmaster | Mar 18, 2021 | Identity
While there are a handful of Jewish clergy with Asian heritage in the United States, there are even fewer Asian lay leaders. Since 2019, Andy Cheng has served as president of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, CA. It is the synagogue where he converted in 2008...
by Webmaster | Mar 5, 2021 | Identity
Last month, we marked Lunar New Year with a special Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, the first Chinese-American rabbi. Mates-Muchin is part of an exclusive group of Asian-American female rabbis that includes Seoul-born Rabbi Angela...
