Our children are proud of their Black and Jewish heritage. They are participants and leaders in Jewish religious and communal life. All the forces that tried to diminish the Jewish spark in my husband’s family have lost.
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Prayer
Not seeing her own experiences in the traditional Jewish prayer book, this Black Jewish woman wrote her own.
A Calypso reinterpretation of Adon Olam
Music and Judaism go hand in hand.
Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday.
Week after week, I light two small candles.
This past week I had the pleasure of attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference.
Since I released my latest music video, "Boee Kala," many friends, fellow musicians, and community members have asked me questions regarding to the meaning of the song, its title, the choice of location for shooting the video as well as my personal connection to the text.
There is a myth that Jewish music is "always in a minor key," and often echoes themes of pieces like "Hava Nagila" and "Kol Nidrei."