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Be'chol Lashon Newsletter: April 2012
The journey itself was treacherous, and Mekonen almost didn’t make it. In what forms the true emotional core of the film [400 Miles to Freedom], if a jagged one, he explores for the first time his kidnapping at age 9 from a refugee camp in Sudan en route to Israel. Film Preview – 400 Miles to Freedom: A Dangerous Journey of Escape
Sign up today for the early bird discount at Camp Be'chol Lashon, a new overnight Jewish camp for children who want to be part of a global Jewish community. Generous camperships are available.
Modern love can be summed up in one quick status update: It's complicated. In the first of a three-part series, Marie Claire explores the role race plays in relationships.
Even in a region where some of the United States’ closest military partners are steadily improving national stability and security, the threat of violent extremism is spreading, said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta
A survey commissioned by the American Jewish Committee found that Latinos held positive views about Jews, but have had limited contact with them.
At a time when Israel is examining its successes and failures in absorbing Ethiopian Jews who began arriving in the early 1980s, Pnina Gaday Agenyahu's achievements are exceptional.
The most meaningful Holocaust Remembrances then, begins with a sorrowful reflection on the past but hopefully looks to the future and end with a resolve to leave a more just, caring and compassionate world for our children, grandchildren and all the generations to follow.
It started with a promise to rescue a memory. Nana’s voice and the story replay again and again, “A very long time ago, your ancestors left Israel in a ship – a big, wide wooden ship – and they were shipwrecked in India.
A year and a half after Israel’s declaration of independence, Dr. Jacob Weinstein, a Jewish Agency official and immigration expert, returned home to Israel from a brief trip to Ethiopia. Having met with the emperor’s privy council he came away empty-handed; Ethiopia and Israel would not establish relations until 1956.
The Jewish community in Greece, like the rest of the Greek population, is struggling to stay afloat in a country engulfed in the fifth year of an economic crisis that shows no sign of abating.
Rabbi Dana Evans Kaplan became the first full-time pulpit rabbi in 40 years for the Jamaican Jewish community—one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. Jewish Jamaica was recently the destination of acclaimed filmmaker David C. Lewis, who visited as part of his exploration into making a movie based on the popular book Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean.
Thanks to hip-hop superstar Drake’s latest music video, there are now far more eyes focusing on Temple Israel’s bimah than there are even during the High Holidays.
To create the work Resin, King worked with Francesco Spagnolo, an expert in the music of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492.
It started out as a late-night jam session in Tel Aviv, with the tape recorders rolling. It ended up as a hit CD and a world concert tour. Singer-pianist Raichel, 34, has emerged as one of Israel’s best-known musicians. Likewise, Farka Touré, 31, has gained as much acclaim as his father, the late guitarist Ali Farka Touré. One is Jewish, the other Muslim, but the two found they were musically simpatico from the moment they met.
In his new film, 400 Miles to Freedom, director Avishai Mekonen breaks his 20-year silence about the kidnapping he endured as a child in Sudan during his community’s exodus out of Africa.
Come hear Rabbi Sizomu discuss how growing up under Idi Amin inspired him to attend rabbinic school in the United States and return to Uganda to fight anti-Semitism and foster peace by building inter-religious coalitions, creating economic development, and improving healthcare.
For this Family Art Studio, learn the ancient art of storytelling. Working with Internationally known storyteller, TED speaker, and workshop leader Awele (ah WAY lay) Makeba, first explore the world of storytelling, and then bring to life your own family story.
The Jewish LGBTQ monthly Bay Area mixer will be at Blush from 6:30-8:30.
NEW! Be'chol Lashon and Sixth & I sponsoring new discussion groups in Washington, DC. Sign up here. Individuals, Couples and Parents Groups are all meeting on Sunday, May 20 at Tikvat Israel to attend a screening "Re-emerging: The Jews of Nigeria. If you are ingterested or for more information please email Meka at DC@BecholLashon.org.
The Posen Foundation U.S. is launching a new public programming initiative about Jewish culture and identity in downtown NYC, with a moderated town hall-style event. If you want to book a speaker, screen a film or for press inquiries, contact Speakers@bechollashon.org or 415.386.7900. |
Fragments from a forgotten past
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