While Black and Jewish voters supported Trump in record numbers, many now recognize the threats these changes pose—especially to communities that have historically been the first targets under authoritarian regimes. What lessons can we draw from history? How have Black and Jewish communities resisted similar threats in the past? And ...
About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have been around for decades but only in recent years have they become ...
Ilana Trachtman talks about the protests at a segregated amusement park early in the Civil Rights Movement and how she was able to share this forgotten story. ...
Join Marc Dollinger, author of Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s; Civil Rights Strategist Eric K. Ward and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein for a conversation about the state of Black-Jewish relations and ways to build a new alliance for a very different time. ...
How the Marienthal brothers’ Mister Kelly's club changed show business. ...
Jewish and Black origins of the Skinhead movement, how punk activists like Ward and Nesbitt successfully pushed back against white nationalists and neo-Nazis to save the subculture. ...
A conversation about the importance of folklore in both the Black and Jewish communities, from the golem and Anansi the Spider to Hip Hop and Jewish Jokes. ...
Join Dr. Rochelle L. Ford, President of Dillard University in New Orleans, for a conversation about why she made the decision to revitalize the university’s National Center for Black-Jewish Relations which was first founded in 1989 and how the two communities can build relationships to fight hate. ...
The latest Wide River Project discussion also reflected how a conversation about difference can be informative, sincere and uncomfortable—and therefore productive. ...
Join us as we take a deep dive into the origins of Hebrew Israelites, the movement today and its impact on Black-Jewish dialogue. ...
W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Henry Moskowitz, Rabbi Emil Hirsch, Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, Lillian Wald and others came together to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), launching a historic chapter in the fight for civil rights. Dr. Lillie J. Edwards, Professor Emerita of ...
A discussion about Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington’s historic partnership, the impact the Rosenwald schools had on the African American community and the importance of remembering and preserving their legacy. ...