Embracing Uncertainty About My Jewish Identity During the High Holidays
Co-creator of LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project on learning how to connect with her Jewish heritage as an adult.
‘Trust Exercise’ author Susan Choi on why she hasn’t explored her Jewish background in her writing
Choi, whose father is Korean and mother is Jewish, started working on “Trust Exercise” about five or six years ago, but it came further into focus with the explosion of the #MeToo movement.
“Jewpanese” Foodie Shares Rosh Hashanah Recipes
On the menu: salmon teriyaki and miso maple trout.
Welcoming Synagogue Diversity
I feel at home at this synagogue because I have never been made to feel like a token.
Accidental Racism in the Jewish World
A “harmless” joke highlights the problem of racial sensitivity in some sectors of the Jewish community.
Asian Jew or Jewish Asian
The unique combination of these words shape who I am as an individual. I’ve recently thought about which word comes first-- am I an Asian Jew or a Jewish Asian?
Indonesian Culinary and Cultural Inspiration for Rosh Hashanah
A childhood in Java inspires home cook to feed Jewish community in Singapore
JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America's Newest Jews
JewAsian is a qualitative examination of the intersection of race, religion, and ethnicity in the increasing number of households that are Jewish American and Asian American. Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt’s book explores the larger social dimensions of intermarriages to explain how these particular unions reflect not only the identity of married individuals but also the communities to which they belong.
Asian Jews Challenge White American Jewry
Mixed Jewish-Asian couples are increasingly common in the U.S. A survey of children born to these couples presents a message to the Jewish community: More openness is required.