フランチェスカ・ビラーは、受賞歴のある調査報道ジャーナリスト、政治風刺作家、作家、印刷物、ラジオ、テレビの社会評論家です。日本人とユダヤ人のバックグラウンドを持つビラーは、自身の興味深いバックグラウンドについて内省的かつユーモラスな方法で執筆しており、その作品はハフィントン・ポスト、 CNN 、ロサンゼルス・タイムズ、ロサンゼルス・ユダヤ人ジャーナル、その他多くの出版物に掲載されています。受賞歴には、エドワード・R・マロー賞、ゴールデン・マイク賞2回、ジャーナリズム優秀賞4回などがあります。ビラーは現在3冊の本を執筆しており、1冊目はハワイを舞台にした第442歩兵連隊に関する小説、2冊目は1970年代にロサンゼルスで日系ユダヤ人として育った経験をユーモラスにまとめたエッセイ集、3冊目はハワイ料理、日本料理、ユダヤ料理を取り入れた食生活が家族の健康で幸せを保っていることを描いたライフスタイル本です。また、現在は全国ラジオツアーを行っており、政治、ポップカルチャー、家族についてのユーモラスな見解を語っています。
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Perspective on the Dodgers: The Level Playing Field that Inspired Us All - Part 2 of 2
2014年4月25日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
Read Part 1 >>What is entirely inspiring about the show is its revealing account about the Dodgers’ role in what both Kimura and Langill articulated, through community building, globalization, and civil rights. As a spectator, fan, and journalist, I had not expected to experience such a moving show insofar as history and the art of storytelling. When it comes to globalization of the game, the Dodgers are at the head of their game, especially when it comes to reaching out …
Perspective on the Dodgers: The Level Playing Field that Inspired Us All - Part 1 of 2
2014年4月24日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
It is difficult to remember any span of my childhood without thinking about baseball as the sentimental and grounding backdrop that has helped bond our mixed-race family together in Los Angeles. When the Dodgers played, it was an event that inspired in us a feeling of hope, celebration, and in the confidence of knowing that our multicultural home was always ready for center field, and with no apologies needed. My siblings and I shared interesting parents who were from different …
Half Girl from Full Mother
2014年3月11日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
Long before my mother was ever a child, She dreamt of my face as her Eurasian song,Never looking away at my round Asian eyes,She stared instead deeply, and flowered my rise. Half Japanese in the length of her sash,That she folded in silks, she knew me wellNot part of the crowd, and yet full and strong,We cradled our comforts, as she knew we belonged. Wanting for nothing in the sorrows of war,She told herself stories of a day that would …
My Japanese Jewish Girl Fears
2013年10月9日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
As a Japanese-Jewish American girl, I have suffered. It’s not just that both of my tribes were placed in camps because they were simply born, or perhaps hated for being smart, bold, different, and even oddly wonderful. As a Jew, I am reminded continually that I am lucky to be alive, part of the chosen, and should I kvetch about my standing in life, may God burn me like a self-burning bush—and one that isn’t even on sale. And as a …
Menorah Musubi
2012年12月18日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
It’s that special time of the year again when my family will gather around the menorah while simultaneously being reminded to take off our shoes and yelled at to start the rice. Yes, it’s the only kind of holiday I have ever known, a merry Bewish festive season, a word made up for a combination of both my parents who are Buddhist and Jewish. Let’s just say that I grew up thinking that while Jesus was a suffering member of …
A Japanese-Jewish Family Remains Bonded through Shared Recipes
2012年11月12日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
My earliest memory is a black and white image of my young, round face peering over my parent’s dinner table. I can still smell the sweet and endless aromas that swelled from the kitchen and made their way into the dining room that anchored our family home. All curious-faced and wide-eyed, I would climb on my father’s large art books to catch a glimpse of my mother’s Japanese and American dishes that warmed my every sense and sensibility. On any …
Family Meals That Integrate Rather Than Segregate
2012年10月5日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
While growing up within two different cultures left my siblings and me with bittersweet challenges, we have always had the sweet comforts of the family meal and a “welcoming” table that satisfied both our appetites and spirits. Feasting on distinctive recipes passed down from my father’s Russian-Jewish family, and my mother’s exotic blend of Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, serves as a reminder that we are a family nourished by honoring our ethnicity and the diverse ingredients that make us whole. My family, …
Out of the Confluence Of Race, Culture, And Ethnic Heritage Artistic Masterpieces Emerge
2012年9月13日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
While recently visiting my father’s art studio and viewing the vibrant cascades of colors in his larger than life paintings, I felt as if I had somehow returned home, and appreciated a true sense of belonging in a way I never imagined possible. With time, I had forgotten the once familiar aromas of both fresh and overly used oil paints; the splatters and smudges of India ink on his studio floors, and the overpowering sight of rafters filled with art …
Matzah Sushi
2012年8月30日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
I had a joyous childhood, and an incredibly inspiring one as well, as a Japanese-Russian-Jewish girl growing up in Southern California during the 1970s. My life as a child was a colorful adventure filled with curious fascination and optimism, with everything intriguing and nothing mundane. I had my share of Omega-3s for decades before it became a health trend, with a bounty of fresh lox and bagels one day and whole salmons prepared Japanese-style the next. Both my parents knew …
Blending Recipes And Cultures
2012年8月15日 • フランチェスカ・ユカリ・ビラー
Whether I watched my Jewish grandfather carefully save the chicken schmaltz, after preparing Matzoh Ball soup or my Japanese grandmother make tamago gohan, a meal of rice, eggs, and shoyu. What far surpassed the intimate cooking lessons was the invaluable respect both sides of my family showed for each other’s cultural differences, and bonded through the shared and blended recipes of exotic cuisine from each. As a child, I felt I was a misunderstood ethnic rarity, I never knew other …
