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Web Magazine Issue 201 - Latino-Jewish Relationships and Hispanic Jews

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Web Magazine

Latino-Jewish Relationships and Hispanic Jews

Issue 201: January 30, 2007

FEATURED ARTICLES

The Lonely Journey of a Puerto Rican Jew

By Franklin Velazquez

His conversion turned his inmarriage into an intermarriage.

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Salt Cod on Shabbat

By Rachel Rockenmacher

How a former Portuguese street musician and his Jewish wife make their interclass, interethnic, intercultural, interfaith marriage work.

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When the Families Meet

By Monica Sandoval-Sapherstein

A Jewish boy from the 'burbs and a Chilean girl from the city find love on Halloween.

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

More Articles on Jewish-Latino Relationships and Hispanic Jews

Interfaith Questions Faced by a Puerto Rican-Jewish Couple
By Sheryl Santiago

The secrets to making a successful Jewish-Latino marriage work.

What We Can Learn from Cuban Jews
By Ruth Nemzoff

When you walk into a Jewish community center in Havana, they do not ask, "Are you Jewish?"

Grupo Hispano Celebrates a Buen 5767
By Roberto Loiederman

In southern California, a group of Latino converts are revitalizing a dying synagogue.

Klezmer with a Side of Salsa
By Larry Luxner

Roberto Juan Rodriguez, a Catholic percussionist, combines Jewish melodies with Cuban rhythms.

News

The ABCs of Interfaith: Parents in Mixed Marriages Sending Kids to Bay Area Jewish Day Schools
By Dan Pine

Sometimes a Jewish education is the perfect fit for an interfaith child.

Arts and Entertainment

Interfaith Celebrities: Why Pink is a Mixed Bag
By Nate Bloom

Also read about Woody Guthrie's Jewish wife, Sarah Silverman's Catholic boyfriend and a soccer star's Mexican-Jewish heritage.

Degrassi Actor Says Being Different Made Him Stronger
By Harrison Jordan

Aubrey Graham, the son of a black father and a Jewish mother, plays a disabled student on the popular TV show.

Books

How Hungry Are You?
By Ron Lux

Two similar books on religion satisfy different appetites.

Recipes

Cooking: Malangas and Mangoes with a Cuban Minyan
By Tina Wasserman

Jewish food meets Caribbean flavor.

The Jewish Sabbath, from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. Place of Jewish worship, referring to both the room where it occurs and the building where it occurs. Colloquially referred to as "temple."
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