One family in Berkeley, California, uses an unusual word to describe the way their Latino and Jewish immigrant heritages interweave. Reporter Maya Cueva takes us inside her family life, a close-knit group with vast differences in terms of status and opportunity. Meshugganismo, one might say.
Featured image via Maya Cueva
and Liza Veale!!!
Amazingly great!!!!!!! Thank you Maya Cueva
Enjoyed the show earlier today. And great term-.mishuganismo. Yiddish lives on. Hi Barbara, Quentin, & the rest of the west coast branch of the family. Thanks Ethan for sharing it and Maria et al for producing it.
Congrats to you both!
What a wonderful piece of radio journalism. You did an excellent job of explaining how two different cultures collide and mesh in your family. I was particularly interested in your experience of being “mixed” and feeling like you weren’t quite prepared for it. Great work – keep telling interesting stories!
Wonderful piece. Makes me wonder if I sinned by omission or comission in the same way with my twins, preparing or not preparing them to face discrimination as Latinos or children of Latino and non-Latino parents. Hmmm
Hey Maya and Liza,
I finally got to watch this, and enjoyed it so much. In one place it even brought tears! Keep up the good work! See you tomorrow evening! Love, Patty