I’m a dedicated listener to public radio. One of my favorite programs is Talk of the Nation (broadcast locally from 11-1 weekdays.) What caught my interest this time was a discussion on “Casting Beyond Color Lines” (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18706620.) Of special interest to us was talk about a Jewish play cast with all ethnic oriental actors. I suppose this would seem more unusual to those with the black-hat-and-side-locks stereotype of what is a Jew, but its certainly less surprising given the nature of our congregation.
We have such a fantastically diverse congregation. I must admit that it is predominately white, but there are so many other ethnic groups including Cantor (Hawaiian with some Chinese ethnic descent.) We have young, old, straight, LGBT, conservative, liberal, a celebration of the diversity of life that makes it so interesting.
I even get occasional opportunities to practice speaking Dutch (the language of The Netherlands, not a misspelling of the native name for the German language) with one of our congregants.
