Jewish Word | Jews of Color
While “Jews of color” is not an exclusively American term, it was born of this country’s complex interrelationship between race and identity.
While “Jews of color” is not an exclusively American term, it was born of this country’s complex interrelationship between race and identity.
Until white members of our tribe repudiate default correlations between religion and race, and until we treat our black and brown brothers and sisters with equal dignity, we can never fulfill the promise of becoming a diverse, welcoming community in which every individual is seen as tzelem elohim, a mirror image of God
The story of the interactions between Jews in Israel and the Jewish and gentile supporters of Israel in the United States is complex and colored by the unique conditions that led to Israel’s birth.
Join Eric Alterman, author of We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel, for a look back at the early years of this important relationship, how support for the Jewish state has changed with each new generation of Jews in America.
Television historians Walter Podrazik and Harry Castleman discuss the often-overlooked Jewish backgrounds of several of the show’s actors.
Why not? Moses was not such a bad spiritual leader of our people, and he was married to Tziporah the Midianite.
What explains the rise in antisemitic violence in the past 20 years in France, and what can the government do about it?
Venturing south from Marrakesh across the Atlas Mountains, you can still sense Moroccan Jewish life along these ancient caravan routes.
A community of observant Orthodox Jews in Uganda, with no genetic link to Israel, wants to make Aliyah.
What speech or action qualifies as antisemitic? And is this different than hatred of Jewish people? An expert on contemporary