How we think about enslavement matters
400 years ago, the first Africans who came to America were not ‘enslaved’, they were indentured – and this makes a crucial difference when we think about the meanings of our past.
Wandering in translation, learning to speak the language of my people
Due to diasporic persecution and the pressures of cultural conformity, I cannot speak a language murdered out of my bloodline.
Ezra's BIG Shabbat Question
Ezra LOVES questions! Follow his adventure, which will leave your little one in stitches of laughter.
EyeSeeMe bookstore teaches children the value of African-American history
"We have to feed our children positive images and tell the stories of our past because the nation would not be what it is today without those ancestors."
The first African-American female mayor in Chicago history will be Lori Lightfoot
The next mayor will face issues like crime and police-community relations.
Sign Of The Times: Jordan Peele’s Nazi-Hunting Series Marching To Screen With New Stars
“It’s cathartic. It’s noir. It’s frighteningly relevant,” Peele said after “The Hunt” was greenlighted.
An ‘Intoxicating’ Singer, Whether It’s Green Day or ‘Oklahoma!’
Rebecca Naomi Jones, who has made her reputation in rock and pop musicals, will tackle a classic as Laurey in “Oklahoma!”
Exploding Myths About 'Black Power, Jewish Politics'
Many Americans tell the story of Black-Jewish political relations like this: First, there was the Civil Rights movement, where the two groups got along great.
How Meghan Markle Made Sure Her Blackness Was Represented At The Royal Wedding
All eyes were on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding on Saturday.
When Counselors Go To Camp
Where do seasoned camp veterans go to learn more about camp? Why camp, of course! Camp Be’chol Lashon (CBL) staffers Michael DeYoung (right) and Jonah Tobin (left) attended the Foundation for Jewish Camping’s Cornerstone Seminar to be with hundreds of other camping professionals.
Facebook Likes to Real World Love
Given the strength their love for each other is, it seems like these two were meant to be together. But as for many Jews of Color, finding a match was by no means guaranteed. The path to matrimony was part luck, part technology, and a whole lot of Torah. Romance was really an afterthought.
Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is
This past summer, I also read a modern Ecclesiastes in the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Much like Ecclesiastes it is not presenting the best of the world, but the unfortunate realities of it.
Stomping the Yard: Black Students, White Spaces
The struggle to survive at predominantly white institutions... “There is one sin that slavery committed against me which I will never forgive. It robbed me of my education.” – Dr. James D. Anderson
Taye Diggs' brave defense of his half-white son
Actor and singer Taye Diggs might be black, but he wants folks to understand that his son, Walker, isn’t — at least not entirely. That’s the message he’s been shopping around as part of a tour to promote his new children’s book, “Mixed Me.”
An Interesting Jewish "Jeopardy" Champ
Passover is the eight-day Jewish holiday in which we ask questions at the seder table. For one quirky Jewish guy from Washington DC, Sukkot was the eight-day Jewish holiday in which he successfully answered clues with questions.