Be’chol Lashon Celebrates Juneteenth

Be’chol Lashon Celebrates Juneteenth

Team Be’chol Lashon, Jewish&, 06/22/2022

Meaningful conversation and reflection at the center of this holiday celebration

A Hagaddah for Juneteenth

A Hagaddah for Juneteenth

Heather Miller, Jewish&, 06/21/2022

New Liturgy Represents The Diversity of Jewish Experience

Juneteenth Shabbat

Juneteenth Shabbat

Webmast, 05/18/2022

Join us in person for rooftop Shabbat rituals and music, followed by a vegetarian potluck in honor of Juneteenth. Ritual leaders Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll and Jewsician Marques Hollie will lead us in song and spirit. We will provide wine, challah and dessert, and we ask that friends joining us bring vegetarian dishes to share. Friday, June 17, 6 PM. Presented by Be'chol Lashon and the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, co-sponsored by Keshet, with funding support by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York-PATH Initiative and the Mayor's Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes.

A reflection on Juneteenth 2021

A reflection on Juneteenth 2021

Lewis R. Gordon, Jewish&, 06/30/2021

The House of Representatives voted on 16 June to honour the day slavery was outlawed in the US. Philosopher Lewis R Gordon contemplates this victory for democracy.

What really happened on Juneteenth — and why it’s time for supremacists and their sympathizers to surrender

What really happened on Juneteenth — and why it’s time for supremacists and their sympathizers to surrender

Robin Washington, Jewish&, 06/18/2021

Galveston’s Blacks already knew they were free, so did their slaveholders, who nonetheless kept them in bondage — not by deceit or ignorance, but by the brute force and dehumanizing torture they'd used for 200 years.

Juneteenth Becomes a National Holiday

Juneteenth Becomes a National Holiday

Jordan G., Jewish&, 06/17/2021

Juneteenth commemorates the day that the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were finally able to claim freedom from illegal chattel slavery.

Clap Your Hands: A Psalm for Juneteenth

Clap Your Hands: A Psalm for Juneteenth

Team Be’chol Lashon, Jewish&, 06/17/2021

Use this Psalm to commemorate Juneteenth.

Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat

Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat

Diane Tob, 06/14/2021

Join Be’chol Lashon for this unique celebration of our community’s diversity.

Nearly 7,000 People Attend Juneteenth Shabbat Commemoration

Nearly 7,000 People Attend Juneteenth Shabbat Commemoration

Esther D. Kustanowitz, Jewish Journal, 06/22/2020

Be’chol Lashon, which has been celebrating and advocating for the racial and ethnic diversity of the Jewish people since 2000, celebrated with a prayer service welcoming Shabbat and featuring two rabbis of color.