{"id":4304,"date":"2016-06-28T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:46:23","slug":"lev-echad-one-love-celebrate-jewish-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/?p=4304","title":{"rendered":"Lev Echad &#8211; One Heart ~ Celebrate Jewish Diversity!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cContrary to the belief of some, the Jews are a multiracial, multi-ethnic group. But it should not be surprising that Judaism\u2019s 4,000-year-old creed spans geography as well as time, or that its message appeals to members of all races, on all continents.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">~Karen Primrack, Author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulanuboutique.com\/servlet\/Detail?no=10\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Under One Canopy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jewish-collage-final11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4929\" src=\"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jewish-collage-final11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jewish-collage-final1\" width=\"422\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jewish-collage-final11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jewish-collage-final11.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0The Jewish People embody a spectacular bouquet of cultural characteristics which enriches our lives immeasurably.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5kyTPO3ezPs?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f08080;\"><strong>10 Tips Toward Racial &amp; Cultural Sensitivity in the Jewish Community<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> 1 ~ Reach out to other Jews across difference because you will find our commonalities exceed our differences by far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2 ~ Do not assume that Jewish history and the current Jewish population is comprised most significantly of Jews of European culture ancestry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3 ~ Consider that within the customs and traditions of the Jewish people, there is a great diversity of language, culture, custom and color. Be willing to reach for and stay connected to the diversity of the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">4 ~ Do not assume that because a person has dark skin that they must be a convert. This is not necessarily true or fair to individuals that have been Jewish all of their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">5 ~ Learn to value the &#8220;inner&#8221; Jew in yourself so that you can better appreciate it in others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">6 ~ Get to know the customs and traditions of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa and welcome this knowledge as a necessary component of your Jewish education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">7 ~ If you find a person&#8217;s journey around difference to be inspiring, be it their color, background, abilities, culture, traditions, etc., try not to limit your praise of them to their being &#8220;inspiring&#8221;.Tell them what about them inspires you specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">8 ~ Remember that it&#8217;s o.k. to be curious, but to become fascinated with a person because of an aspect of their physicality ALONE, is to turn that person into an object in your regard. Make efforts to make your relationships with people who are different than you, more than skin deep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">9 ~ Keep in mind that Jews of Color have a lot to offer the Jewish community, both in experience and perspective and should be welcomed to participate in all levels of Jewish social interaction, including leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">10 ~ Remember that denial is not just a river in Egypt (smile), it can also be an obstacle toward finding lasting solutions. When we sit with the things inside us that make us the most uncomfortable, we often find deeper truth and growth on the other side. ~Courtesy of Ayecha http:\/\/www.ayecha.org\/<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #f08080;\">Olam Echad! Hashem Echad! Ha&#8217;am Echad!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvRy8bGSpDU?rel=0\" width=\"460\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/levechad.blogspot.com\/p\/about.html\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lev Echad<\/span><\/a> means One Heart in Hebrew and is symbolic of Jewish unity. We are allowed to think and observe differently than one another, but we must always act decently toward each other.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vdB-8eLEW8g?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><em>&#8220;One Love, One Heart. Let&#8217;s get together and feel all right.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/y-love.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4930 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/y-love-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"y-love\" width=\"433\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/y-love-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/y-love.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #f08080;\">May all of us be listened to and embraced and welcomed and supported.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cContrary to the belief of some, the Jews are a multiracial, multi-ethnic group. But it should not be surprising that Judaism\u2019s 4,000-year-old creed spans geography as well as time, or that its message appeals to members of all races, on all continents.\u201d ~Karen Primrack, Author, Under One Canopy \u00a0 \u00a0The Jewish People embody a spectacular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4304"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5522,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions\/5522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}