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the social context of hair for Jews of color today, SARAH
SELTZER talked to CHAVA SHERVINGTON, a longtime
diversity activist in the Jewish community, as well as an attorney and mom,
who by her own admission has become “obsessed with hair issues” as she
helps her kids navigate the complex politics of their Black hair.
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I wanted to take off my ring, but I needed a ritual to acknowledge that Divinity was present, even at this moment of loss.
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My mother’s hair is colorful ropes of cotton, carefully and methodically wrapped in a rainbow of layers growing in width as the ends disappear into hidden corners below her hairline. As a girl, I often sat in my mother’s room, watching her in this morning ritual as she added the last detail of her dressing.. Read more »
Jews may be the “chosen people,” but when it comes to Jewish education, adults with disabilities have often been left out.
Coinciding with Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, the Marcus JCC of Atlanta’s Lisa F. Brill Institute for Jewish Learning offers inclusive education classes through the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning virtually via Zoom.
The second series of “Members of the Tribe” classes is now underway, with more than double the number of students participating. Rabbi Steven Rau of Atlanta’s The Temple taught the first class, and instructor Devorah Lowenstein of Atlanta Education Associates leads the second.
Rabbi Adam Scheier says a security guard at the synagogue on Côte-Saint-Antoine Road stopped the suspect and called for help. Police arrived shortly after and arrested the suspect.