Gail Wides

Gail Wides has been a member of Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 years and has served on its board, in the choir, and on committees, including the Multiracial Sinai Committee, whose mission is to “guide Temple Sinai in becoming an antiracist synagogue and to provide opportunities to work as a multiracial community to identify what our temple can do better.” Her involvement with Multiracial Sinai is one of the most rewarding and important experiences she's had as a Jew and as a member of the Temple Sinai community. For almost three decades, Anita's other major commitment has been to the Temple Sinai Religious School.

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Purim

Choosing Your Purim Costume: How to Avoid Cultural Appropriation, Stereotypes, and Racism

Anita Kuykendall Stoll

Gail Wides

February 24, 2021

Purim approaches, and like every other holiday we've observed during the pandemic, it will look and be different. Yet, just as with our other Jewish and secular holidays, the meaningful rituals and traditions we can still observe give us continuity, comfort...