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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Black Americans

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Mark Robinson speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
September 20, 2024, 12:07 pm
GOP candidate in North Carolina denies calling himself ‘black NAZI’ on porn site forum
Mark Robinson vows to stay in race despite CNN report that he wrote of being aroused by memory of ‘peeping’ at women in gym showers as a teen, voiced support for slavery
By Agencies
Rabbi Meir Muller, right, and Prof. Devin Randolph, left, teach a new antisemitism awareness course at South Carolina State University, in Orangeburg, spring of 2024. (Courtesy of Muller)
August 6, 2024, 1:51 am
In time for a potentially turbulent school year, new course focuses on Black-Jewish ties
Even as some universities prepare for protests against the war on Hamas, rabbi and prof create semester-long class at historically Black schools on the communities’ cooperation
By Cathryn J. Prince
Former US president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago, Illinois, on July 31, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP)
August 1, 2024, 9:49 am
Trump says Harris ‘happened to turn Black’ after years of identifying as Indian
Former US president’s appearance at National Association for Black Journalists conference is part of a wider effort to court Black voters; White House blasts ‘repulsive’ remark
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: An Israeli fighter jet releases flares as it flies over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, December 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
February 18, 2024, 12:59 am
US readies new weapons shipment to Israel; embassy says no human rights concerns
Assessment says ‘Israel takes effective action’ to prevent human rights violations; Biden’s continued support for Israel draws increased criticism
By ToI Staff
An interview between Robert Kraft and Dr. Clarence B. Jones in a Super Bowl ad placed by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, February 11, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 11, 2024, 9:12 pm
Super Bowl ad on antisemitism features ‘I Have A Dream’ speechwriter Clarence Jones
Black history icon takes center stage in splashy campaign expected to be viewed by 100 million people; other ads to call for release of hostages held in Gaza since October 7
By JTA and ToI Staff
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a scene from 'Origin.' (Array Filmworks/Neon via JTA)
January 26, 2024, 1:29 am
‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and caste
Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s bestseller, the drama, now in theaters, includes a portrayal of the real-life author and uses historical recreations to capture the book’s cerebral tone
By Andrew Lapin
Alice Walker attends the 'The Color Purple' Broadway Opening Night at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on December 10, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 27, 2023, 1:21 am
‘Color Purple’ release brings Alice Walker’s history of antisemitism back into focus
Despite the author’s groundbreaking work, her difficult relationship with Israel and Judaism, and outright flirtations with antisemitism, put her at odds with the Jewish community
By Andrew Lapin
An aerial view of some of the sukkahs at the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival. (Joseph Altshuler/Chicago Sukkah Design Festival via JTA)
September 30, 2023, 6:46 pm
Chicago Sukkot festival reflects on complex history between city’s Blacks and Jews
Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, now in second year, aims to build connections between Lawndale’s African-American community and city’s Jews who used to live there
By Lindsay Eanet
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. pose for a photo in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, August 26, 2023, in Washington, as they gather to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 26, 2023, 11:23 pm
Thousands converge on National Mall to mark March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
‘Have we reached the mountaintop? Not by a long shot,’ one leading activist says on spot where hundreds of thousands gathered in 1963
By Aaron Morrison
Pastor Charlie Grant shows a binder of information he has about Rosenwald Schools and Julius Rosenwald, gathered as he worked to restore a building in Hampton County on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Hampton, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
August 6, 2023, 2:16 pm
Efforts underway to honor Jewish founder of century-old US Black school network
When education was segregated and authorities barely funded Black students, Julius Rosenwald gave millions to form Rosenwald Schools; new movement eyes national park in his memory
By Jeffrey Collins
'Cosmic Slop Grease,' the opening artwork in 'Broken Crowd,' an Israel Museum exhibit featuring the works of Rashid Johnson, opening August 8, 2023 (Courtesy PR)
August 4, 2023, 10:39 am
Rashid Johnson exhibit at Israel Museum seeks to create ‘discourse about Blackness’
With just three works, installation feels like a ‘personal shout of anxiety,’ says curator Nirith Nelson, who hopes the art will speak to Israelis of Ethiopian descent
By Jessica Steinberg
Shock trauma specialist Prof. Avi Rivkind (center right) with members of a delegation from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, July 13, 2023. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
August 2, 2023, 11:03 am
Impressed by Israeli science, Black universities plan student and faculty exchanges
‘If you send one or two students to start, you are changing their lives,’ says president of South Carolina State University, who joined recent trip of historically Black colleges
By Renee Ghert-Zand
US President Joe Biden arrives to speak in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 4, 2022, in Washington. From left, Biden, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young and Cecilia Rouse, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and Brian Deese. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 13, 2023, 2:14 pm
Are Jews a racial group? US government ponders the meaning of race and ethnicity
As Biden administration mulls updating racial and ethnic categories for first time since 1997, some want separation of Black from African American, or South Asian from East Asian
By Mike Schneider
Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, California, October 26, 2006. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
February 26, 2023, 9:23 pm
US media drop ‘Dilbert’ comic series after creator’s Black ‘hate group’ remark
Outlets ax Scott Adams’ long-running comic after he defended earlier comments advising white people to ‘get the hell away from black people’
By DAVID A. LIEB
Stickers are placed on the pictures of Los Angeles Council members Gil Cedillo, left, and Nury Martinez near the entrance of the John Ferraro Council Chamber Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
October 15, 2022, 2:09 am
Pressure mounts on LA councilmembers to resign over racist remarks
Scandal following aired recordings could have broader legal and political consequences
By brian melley and Don Thompson
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