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African-American Jews
Interview
Meet Marcella Campbell, 1st Jew of color to head diversity group Be’chol Lashon
By
Gabe Friedman
For decades the US organization worked to shatter Ashkenormative stereotypes and pioneered programming by and for non-white Jews. It’s now seeing its first Black executive director
January 20, 2021, 1:01 pm
Meet Marcella Campbell, 1st Jew of color to head diversity group Be’chol Lashon
For decades the US organization worked to shatter Ashkenormative stereotypes and pioneered programming by and for non-white Jews. It’s now seeing its first Black executive director
By
Gabe Friedman
January 2, 2021, 4:48 am
Amar’e Stoudemire’s Jewish journey, from young scholar to aspiring ‘prophet’
The former NBA star went from a life in the spotlight to a ‘humbling’ process getting Israeli citizenship, undergoing an Orthodox conversion, and starting a youth education center
By
Gabe Friedman
November 1, 2020, 10:10 pm
Yiddisher Black cantors from 100 years ago rediscovered thanks to rare recording
Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
July 19, 2020, 4:11 am
Rapper and entrepreneur Y-Love launches news site for Jews of Color
Founder Yitz Jordan is proud, gay, and deeply Jewish. The Tribe Herald, a centralized voice for minority Jews, is already popular with Jews of all stripes after its June 19 launch
By
Aviva Engel
July 18, 2020, 2:11 am
US Jewish recognition of Jews of color took decades of sweat, blood and tears
With the BLM movement center stage, many Jewish organizations move to make communities more welcoming — but that’s no coincidence: such initiatives have been decades in the making
By
Josefin Dolsten
July 12, 2020, 4:23 am
Black Modern Orthodox woman sells empowering Jewish apparel with Hebrew slogans
Elisheva Rishon’s designs celebrate some of her own identities while offering universal messages of affirmation that people of all backgrounds can draw strength from
By
TOI staff
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June 26, 2020, 4:29 am
Annamie Paul wants to be the first Black-Jewish leader of a Canadian party
Touting studies which show diversity yields stronger public policy, the Toronto-born public affairs lawyer would be Canada’s first Jew of any ethnicity heading a party in 50 years
By
Ilana Belfer
June 23, 2020, 11:44 pm
In Seattle’s protest zone, rabbis at chaplaincy table create new rituals
In the middle of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), a cadre of rabbis hold a havdallah service, foster interfaith community, and try to make spaces welcoming to all Jews
By
Gregory Gutterman Scruggs
June 19, 2020, 10:15 pm
How this iconic Yiddish song became an anthem for Black Americans
Popularized in 1920s, the mournful ‘Eli, Eli’ is an expression of faith in trying circumstances — and was embraced by Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Paul Robeson, Johnny Mathis
By
Arielle Kaplan
June 4, 2020, 5:53 am
Black and Jewish, aspiring congressman John Eaves claims double-dose of empathy
Looking to be the first US lawmaker to share the two identities, the former county commissioner north of Atlanta has learned to fight bigotry on multiple fronts
By
Josefin Dolsten
June 1, 2020, 6:13 am
‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to George Floyd protests, in their own words
Black Jews in US call for more solidarity, understanding and support from their coreligionists and to use shared history of oppression for empathy, not denying pain of others
By
Josefin Dolsten
February 28, 2020, 6:12 am
Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world
The African-American-Hasidic musician’s new single ‘Mothaland Bounce’ gives tribute to both his ‘urban’ past and Orthodox Jewish present in Israel as he broadens his message
By
Emily Burack
February 12, 2020, 6:14 am
Meet the African-American Jewish mom who fights gun violence with prayer
Documentary ‘They Ain’t Ready for Me’ chronicles student rabbi Tamar Manasseh, pioneer of a Chicago campaign providing poor families with a much-needed oasis
By
Rich Tenorio
December 17, 2019, 10:36 pm
Black Hebrew Israelite leader condemns ‘heinous’ Jersey City shooting
Distancing himself from the attack, Rabbi Capers Funnye says his organization isn’t ‘some radical fringe group with a false narrative… We are Torah-oriented Jews’
By
JTA
November 27, 2019, 3:57 pm
Tiffany Haddish says ‘She ready’ for onscreen Netflix bat mitzvah
African-American Jewish comedian/actress celebrates her ‘Black Mitzvah’ at 40, in a program streaming from December 3. But while it may be funny, the occasion is no joke for her
By
Jordan Hoffman
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