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.
A Recipe for Judaism
What makes a fish taste Jewish?For some, the immediate answer will be pickling and a former home in freshwater. For ...
The 70 Faces of Shavuot
According to Jewish tradition, the Torah has seventy “faces,” but is still one, unified Torah. On Shavuot, we celebrate the ...
The Gift of Generations: A Mother’s Song
Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...
Samurai Yenta
It’s hard to kvetch about being a Japanese Jew when you’re being spoiled by ladles of chicken schmaltz spoon-fed to ...
Jewish Mother; Universal Mother
I am remembering a Jewish Universal mother. This woman was small in stature yet grand in her effect. A mother ...
Katy Perry is no Sacha Baron Cohen
So Katy Perry thinks she’s Sacha Baron Cohen, in possession of that subtle talent that turns offense into parody. Problem ...
Tarnished Sterling: The Moral of the Story
For more perspectives, check out “Why Jews Should Care About The Donald Sterling Controversy” and “Sterling NBA Ban: So It’s ...
For Cryin’ Out Loud, It’s A Culture, Not A Race!
There’s not a “look” to Jewish, you just are. This is what I was raised to believe in the Jewish ...
Our Jewish African Roots
Though the Ethiopian sun beat down on our necks as we layed mortar and brick for the school’s foundation in ...
How Much is Dayenu? $35
It was at his older brother’s bar mitzvah that 9-year-old Josh Levy gave the answer to a question we all ...