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We recommend the following books showcasing the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of the Jewish people.

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Small Island

Small Island

Told in these four voices, Small Island is a courageous novel of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the ...

Andrea Levy

Picador

Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi

Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi

Ariel Samson is just your run of the mill anomaly: a 20-something black Orthodox Jewish rabbi looking for love, figuring out life, and floating between at least two worlds.

MaNishtana

MaNishtana

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me answers that poignant question and many more. It is an unprecedented look at the life of a legend of comedy, told by a daughter who both understood the genius and ...

Rain Pryor

Harper Entertainment

The Color of Water

The Color of Water

First published in 1995, James McBride’s memoir tells the story of his mother, Ruchel Dwajra Zylaska.

James McBride

Pengin

The Last Black Unicorn

The Last Black Unicorn

From stand-up comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish comes The Last Black Unicorn, a hilarious, edgy, and heart-wrenching collection of autobiographical essays that will leave you laughing through tears.

Tiffany Haddish

Simon & Schuster

Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair

Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair

Lisa Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous Village Voice column, "Skin Trade," to a much larger audience. Chock full of the "fierce black girl humor" that has made her column so ...

Lisa Jones

Anchor

March Trilogy

March Trilogy

March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation.

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker

Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker

An engrossing and counter view of one of the most dangerous elements of American urban history, this graphic novel tells the true story of Benjy Melendez, a Bronx legend, son of Puerto-Rican ...

Julian Voloj, Claudia Ahlering

NBM ComicsLit

Einstein on Race and Racism

Einstein on Race and Racism

Nearly fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein remains one of America's foremost cultural icons.

Fred Jerome, Rodger Taylor

Rutgers University Press