In the Press
Press
Olamim Family School receives prestigious Covenant Ignition Grant
5786/2026 JCRC Bay Area Freedom Seder - Ariela Ronay-Jinich’s Teaching
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Jewish Education (Brandeis University)
El Corazón: Research That Centers the Heart and Wholeness of Latino Jews
Sukkot & Dia De Los Muertos on Fuente Latina
Latin Jewish Festival Highlights Bay Area Jewish Diversity (Jerusalem Post)
Judaism and farming on Bimbam
Fuente Latina Visits Olamim
Romeo and Juliet with “You People” a reflection on Mexican Jewish identity at the Ballet
Sermon at Wilderness Torah Sukkot Festival
Language, Culture and Community: Olamim’s role in the Bay Area Latinx Jewish Community and Beyond
Jewish and Latino? This Bay Area educator has a new group for you
2015 Diller Awards
Podcasts
As part of engaging the broader community in our research on Latin Jewish families, we partnered with Jewtina y Co. to produce a series of podcasts featuring Latin Jewish families and their stories. Join their founder and executive director, Dr. Analucía Lopezrevoredo, as she masterfully connects with Latin-Jewish community members invested in preserving their cultural identity.
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Meet Ariela Ronay-Jinich! Ariela is an educational leader, cultural activist, and researcher based in Berkeley, California. She has been serving Bay Area youth and families since 2005, and has founded and directed a number of innovative Jewish educational initiatives that center community-building, language learning and nature connection at organizations like Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah, Edah and Jewish Outside. Her recent work has centered her Mexican Jewish identity and has taken on an equity focus, through her qualitative research on Latinx Jewish families. Today, she serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Olamim, a family engagement program for Latinx Jewish families in the Bay Area.
This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim.
Listen on Spotify. Or listen on Apple Podcasts.
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Meet the Isaac and Vivi from the Santana-Zones Family! This year, Isaac and Vivi are celebrating 20 years as a couple. Isaac identifies as being Jewish with mixed Sephardic and Ashkenazi heritage and Vivi as Chicana and child and grandchild of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico. From the first moments of getting to know each other, their families and cultural/ethnic identities have been at the center of their bonding–with both of them holding a genuine interest to support the other in holding onto that connection. Tune in to meet this dynamic couple and learn how their love story is an active verb against assimilation.
This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim.
Listen on Spotify. Or listen on Apple Podcasts.
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Meet Azucena “Azu” Uribe! Azu is a junior in high school that was born and raised in Berkeley, California, like her parents. Raised in a multicultural home, their mom is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and their father is of Mexican descent. Azu loves dancing, writing poetry, and spending time in nature and with people they love. They have been surrounded by music their whole life and are currently learning drums and guitar. Azu has been a part of Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA) and Jews Against Marginalization (JAM) for over 2 years, and has also worked at Olamim, a Latin-Jewish family program in the East Bay, since their freshman year. They are passionate about social and environmental justice for all and helping to heal/help this world in any way that they can. Tune into her story and learn about the ways in which she navigates her life at the crossroads of her rich Mexican-Jewish identity.
This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim.
Listen on Spotify. Or listen on Apple Podcasts.
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Jessica Goodman is a seasoned clinical social worker with a wealth of experience in private practice. Throughout her career, Jessica has empowered individuals to reshape their life stories across diverse environments, including the foster care system, educational institutions, residential settings, community mental health clinics, and charitable organizations.
Tune in to discover the invaluable insights Jessica shares on the lessons vital for all adults raising multicultural children and the essential role every adult plays in nurturing a home environment filled with cultural curiosity, appreciation, and learning.
This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim.
Listen on Spotify. Or listen on Apple Podcasts.
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Olive, Zayit, Zeytoon, Aceituna: on Tu B’shvat, Olamim is thinking about family, diaspora, community life, and one of the Biblical seven species - the Olive.