Home Sweet Home - A Jewish Family and a Sikh Family Swap Homes in New Show

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A Jewish Family and a Sikh Family Swap Homes in New Show

 

One particular episode of "Home Sweet Home" features two families from La Cañada—a Sikh family and a Jewish family—that each spend three days immersing themselves with the other’s customs, friends, extended family and cuisine. 

 

 

 

 

Brian Fishbach

 

 

 

January 26, 2022

 

A Jewish family and a Sikh family switch homes and lives in episode 8 of NBC social experiment docu-series, “Home Sweet Home.” (Photo by Casey Durkin/Peacock)

 

 

A new NBC show about families of different backgrounds switching homes,  “Home Sweet Home,” may sound like reality television, but the Peacock network describes it as a “social experiment.” 

One particular episode features two families of five from La Cañada—a Sikh family and a Jewish family—that each spend three days immersing themselves with the other’s customs, friends, extended family and cuisine. 

The Jewish family, the Segals, includes Josh, a landscape architect and Gina, a caterer from the San Fernando Valley. The two met on JDate in 2008 and have three children ranging in age from seven to 10 that attend Jewish day school. 

“I think it would be great for all of us to be reminded of how diverse and different the world is because we don’t normally see that,” Josh said on the show before the social experiment began.

The Sikh family, the Singh-Kaurs, includes Bhajneet, an entrepreneur who runs a women’s apparel business and writes children’s literature, and Natasha, an anesthesiologist. They have three children ranging in age from three to six. 

“After 9/11, anyone with a turban or a beard was just labeled ‘a terrorist,’” said Natasha. Bhajneet pointed out how hurtful stereotyping over the last two decades has led to violence against Sikh-Americans.

“THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THE WORLD WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE STAND FOR AND HOW WE LIVE.”— BHAJNEET SINGH-KAURS

“This is such an amazing opportunity to explain to the world who we are, what we stand for and how we live,” Bhajneet said.

In a press release, Ava DuVernay, the creator of “Home Sweet Home,” said that she strives to amplify different voices, cultures and experiences in all the work she and her team at ARRAY Filmworks create.

“My hope is that audiences will find understanding, perspective and appreciation for not only the families featured on the show, but with their neighbors in real life,” DuVernay said. She received multiple award nominations for directing both the 2014 civil rights drama “Selma” and the 2016 documentary “13th.” 

“MY HOPE IS THAT AUDIENCES WILL FIND UNDERSTANDING, PERSPECTIVE AND APPRECIATION FOR NOT ONLY THE FAMILIES FEATURED ON THE SHOW, BUT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS IN REAL LIFE.” – AVA DUVERNAY