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Allie Barnes on Using Your Heirlooms Regularly and Re-Connecting to Judaism as a Mother

The Culture Luminaries series is back this week with Allie Barnes (@alliesbest)! I loved chatting with Allie about her YouTube channel, her ritual objects, and she even brought on a special little guest, too!

Artist Ema Kubo on Blending Two Distinct Cultural Traditions on Paper

Ema is a Japanese American artist, art historian, art history teacher, and mother. What I love so much about Ema is how she shows us the realness of being an artist mama and of course her beautiful ink and watercolor work.

InterviewsArisa NakamuraMay 20, 2020culture, heirloom, japanese american, rituals, ema, kubo, artist, culture luminaries seriesComment

What Happens to Ritual Between Marriage and Babies?

From my conversion to our Japanese and Jewish wedding to my bat mitzvah at 33, I’ve been fortunate to have celebrated many happy lifecycle events in a few short years. While my life has only seemed to get fuller and go by faster in the last couple of years, I’ve found that there are fewer lifecycle events and therefore seemingly fewer rituals to write about here post-wedding…