Jewish&

Jewish& is a blog by Be’chol Lashon, which gives voice to the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of Jewish identity and experience. The original multicultural people, Jews have lived around the world for millennia. Today, with globalism and inclusion so key in making choices about engaging in Jewish life,Jewish& provides a forum for personal reflection, discussion, and debate.

An Afro-Ashkefardi Recipe For Rosh Hashanah

From black-eyed pea hummus spiked with homemade horseradish harissa to matzoh-meal fried chicken cooked in shmaltz, to peach noodle kugels ...

Easy Cross Cultural Rosh Hashanah Meal

One of our favorite bloggers Jennifer “CubanRueben” Stempel has done it again! She has come up with a wonderful holiday ...

Lessons from Catholic Mass for Rosh Hashanah

Growing up in a very Reform household, I was never completely comfortable at the prospect of being called to the ...

Iron Chef Rosh Hashanah: Be Fruitful and Multiply

My daughter Mia often watches Iron Chef, a cooking show on TV in which they designate a secret ingredient that ...

Maimonides’ Home and My Grandmother’s Song

Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...

Cross-Cultural Parenting: Materialism vs Relationship

My daughter is wise beyond her years. She teaches me. Recently a family with older children handed down to us ...

The Risks of Being an Interracial Family

It is true that every family is different, but for multiracial families that difference can bring with it specific challenges. ...

World Traveler Becomes World Musician

  What makes a secular Israeli connect to his Jewish identity, roots and spirituality? What makes secular Jew from Jerusalem ...

Learning from Little White Lies

Growing up biracial in white Jewish family means that you don’t often see others who have your experience/look like you. ...

How Did the Jews Become a Global People?

“How did the Jews become a global people?”“They got pushed around a bunch.”“They had to go to different places.”Indeed. Looking ...