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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Jews of color

Jenni Asher is studying at the Academy for Jewish Religion California to become a cantor. (Arjun Ramesh via JTA)
April 12, 2024, 1:53 am
Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor in the US
The accomplished violinist and cantorial soloist will be one of America’s two Black cantors upon her graduation
By Andrew Esensten and Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba
Lilaq Logan, an IDF commander with Jewish and Hebrew Israelite heritage, has been posting videos about the war on Instagram, where she has more than 25,000 followers. (Courtesy via JTA)
December 22, 2023, 10:57 am
Israelis of color push back against race-based, anti-Israel narratives spread abroad
With backgrounds as varied as their online personas, a growing number of Israeli social media influencers work to dispel lies disseminated by pro-Palestinian activists since Oct. 7
By Andrew Esensten
This portrait of Benjamin Melendez was included in the 2010 exhibition 'Only in New York.' (Julian Voloj/JTA)
September 8, 2023, 4:22 am
How a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx
New 5-part podcast ‘Can You Dig It’ explores the story of ‘Yellow Benjy’ Melendez, who brokered peace and whose influence allowed an emerging musical genre to take root and grow
By Andrew Esensten
Jared Armstrong, right, playing professional basketball in Israel. (Courtesy of Armstrong via JTA)
August 26, 2023, 3:53 pm
Basketball player who fought for Israeli citizenship promotes Black-Jewish ties
Among his efforts, Jared Armstrong will run a free basketball clinic for middle schoolers in Philadelphia on Sunday that has Black and Jewish kids coming from as far as Connecticut
By jacob gurvis
Americans living in Israel march to the American Embassy in Tel Aviv with signs in Hebrew reading 'Americans for Equal Rights,' August 28, 1963. (AP Photo)
August 25, 2023, 6:46 pm
How Jews are joining the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington on Shabbat
About a dozen Jewish speakers will be among those addressing an estimated 75,000 people continuing the efforts that began six decades ago, and this time they include Jews of color
By Ben Sales
A Havdalah candle is lit as campers sing in a circle at the end of the second week of Camp Be'chol Lashon, a sleepaway camp for Jewish children of color, Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Petaluma, Calif., at Walker Creek Ranch. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 11, 2023, 6:56 pm
In California, a summer camp serves as a haven for Jews of color
Be’chol Lashon becomes an extended family for campers who back home are treated more as a curiosity than a full-fledged member of Jewish or Black communities
By Jacquelyn Martin
Jamie Foxx speaks to a large crowd during a 'kneel-in' to protest police racism on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco, June 1, 2020. (AP/Eric Risberg)
August 9, 2023, 9:48 pm
In antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post, evidence of culture clash
The star quickly apologized for a social media post many saw as antisemitic, but does the conversation about it reflect a larger disconnect between Black and Jewish communities?
By Ben Sales
People hold a sign in their car during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
June 17, 2022, 6:15 pm
On Juneteenth, US Jewish communities are reckoning with their own attitudes on race
Around the country, institutions host Shabbat and other programming aimed at educating about racism generally and also grappling with its existence in their own spaces
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ariella Daniels photographed for the 'Periphery' exhibition at UJA Toronto. (Liat Aharoni)
April 7, 2022, 3:50 am
Multi-media exhibit ‘Periphery’ brings marginalized Canadian Jews into focus
Exhibition by Ontario Jewish Archives and No Silence on Race organizations amplifies a broad spectrum of unheard Jewish voices, teaches about Jewish diversity at home and outside
By Robert Sarner
In this August 21, 1991 file photo, New York City Police Department officers scuffle with a protester during a march through the Crown Heights section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Joe Major, File)
February 22, 2022, 11:22 pm
Podcaster explores own Black-Jewish identities through frame of Crown Heights riots
Just six when her city roiled in racism, a Jew of color offers an audio personal account of the upheaval three decades later
By Adam Dickter
Rebecca Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikveh event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Chani Bockwinkel/ via JTA)
January 17, 2022, 2:37 am
The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews worldwide in a changing ritual
Online and in-person, a new group is making the tradition of the ritual bath communal rather than personal, and more welcoming to non-cis-gendered participants
By Rachel Román
Top left, clockwise, Gage Gorsky, Dalya Perez, Ari Kelman, Tobin Belzer, Vincent Calvetti and Tory Brundage. (Courtesy)
August 13, 2021, 3:50 am
New major US study on Jews of color highlights experiences of discrimination
Research shows people often face casual racism, interrogations or simply being ignored in communal settings; some hope new data will serve as a watershed moment
By Asaf Shalev
A Jewish demonstrator holds a sign as part of social justice protests following the death of George Floyd. (Courtesy of Sumekh/ via JTA)
June 15, 2021, 4:17 am
The US Jewish communal response to George Floyd’s murder, 1 year later
While many Jews of color see an enthusiastic embrace of efforts to spur diversity and change, only time will tell whether these commitments endure
By Asaf Shalev
Christina Jefferson says of her career in diversity work: 'Really it’s just tikkun olam. How we can repair this broken world.' (Chloe Jackman/ via JTA)
May 31, 2021, 4:20 pm
NFL’s San Francisco 49ers pick a Jew of color to lead their diversity efforts
Christina Jefferson grew up in a Baptist family before converting to Judaism along with her wife. Now, she attends synagogue, volunteers and sees her job as a form of ‘tikkun olam’
By Gabe Stutman
Illustrative: Participants in a think tank event hosted by the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative in Berkeley, California. (Courtesy/Jews of Color Field Building Initiative)
May 12, 2021, 4:28 pm
Without using the term, Pew survey unveils new data on US ‘Jews of color’
Results show that 8% of American Jewry identifies as Black, Hispanic, Asian or multiracial, showing them to be a significant minority; that number nearly doubles for those under 30
By Asaf Shalev
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