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Be’chol Lashon Newsletter: August 2009
We are proud to release the following short films and welcome you to comment on them:
This month, Be'chol Lashon introduces two new features to our popular monthly newsletter: a video podcast and a comment section. Each month we will feature a podcast interview with a trailblazer who works on behalf of global Judaism. In addition, we invite you to post comments about the podcast and about related articles in the spotlight section. This month, Rabbi Juan Mejía talks about his work with the Benei Anusim. Watch and comment...
Malaria has been known about since ancient times. Today, it kills over a million people a year, most of them young children. Where it originally came from, though, has been a matter of scientific debate for half a century. Read on...
Barack Obama’s historic victory was made possible by two great converging forces that began near the middle of the last century: the civil rights revolution and the changes engendered by the Immigration Act of 1965. Read on...
Geneticists at Sheba Medical Center and New York University have launched the world's first comprehensive gene-mapping project of the Jewish people, in an effort to trace their wanderings to and from Israel and in the Diaspora over the millennia. Read on...  Adopting Forebears' Faith and Leaving Peru for Israel
By Simon Romero, The New York Times, June 22, 2009 Scholars compare the Jews here with groups like the Hispanic crypto-Jews of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, the Lemba of southern Africa or the Bene Israel of India, who in varying ways have sought to reclaim a Jewish identity that had seemingly been weakened through time. Read on...  No right of return
By Mindy Belz, World Magazine, August 15, 2009 Little is said about the Jews forced out of their Arab homelands throughout the previous century, most notably since the creation of Israel, when 870,000 Arab Jews, known as Mizrahi, came to Israel as refugees. Read on...
Cuban Jews ambivalent about possible thaw in U.S.-Cuba ties
By Florencia Arbiser, JTA, June 8, 2009 The recent thaw in relations between Cuba and the United States is being greeted with caution by some Jews in Cuba. Read on...
This major retrospective sheds light on the many mysteries of his life and art by exploring the intensely personal undercurrents in his work; and it does so using Sendak's own words, insights, and remarkable stories. Read on...
DeLeon is part of a new crop of modern Jewish artists drawing on their Sephardic roots — from Spain and Portugal, to Morocco, Iran and Syria, to India and Greece. Read on...  FILMOuting Iran: The Persian JewsBy Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish (The Atlantic), July 1, 2009 The roughly 25,000 Jewish people living in Iran constitute the second highest population in the Middle East (after Israel, of course). Two mini-documentaries exmine the status of Persian Jews in Iran and the United States. Read on...
In the spirit of Rosh Hashanah, a time of personal reflection, the SF-based Jewish Community Federation brings you REFLECT THIS, an evening of arts, ideas, and entertainment featuring spoken-word artist Vanessa Hidary ("the Hebrew Mamita"), actor Dan Wolf ("Angry Black White Boy"), comedian Mike Spiegelman, and more. Click here to buy tickets.
You are invited to the 6th Annual Bay Area Be’chol Lashon Retreat for ethnically and racially diverse Jews, family, and friends. Activities will include Sukkah decorating, drumming, dancing, and learning with Rabbi Capers Funnye. Click here for more information and to register. 
Sukkot Festivities Around the World Sunday, October 4, 4:00-6:00 PM Celebrate the global Jewish community in our Sukkah. Rabbi Capers Funnye will deliver a talk for adults, and Sukkot activities will be provided for children. Check our homepage soon for more information. Co-sponsored by Be'chol Lashon, Osher Marin JCC, and Congregation Rodef Sholom. NEW YORK EVENTS
Our topic will be educating our children about the many faces of Judaism, presented by Tamara Fish. Please RSVP to Judy Levitan or call 212-399-2685 ext 219.
Join We Are All Brooklyn, a coaliton of community groups that promotes Brooklyn's ethnic and racial diversity, to root on the Cyclones and pay tribute to the Independence Community Foundation, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and others. Click here for more information.
We welcome your participation in the Be’chol Lashon Newsletter! Please send us information about events in your community or articles of interest that relate to Jewish diversity. E-mail newsletter submissions to Esther Fishman, Esther@BecholLashon.org. Submissions are subject to editing for content, clarity and style. Special thanks to all the contributors who make the newsletter interesting and informative. | |
