The Hard Work of Racial Inclusivity in the British-Jewish Community Starts Here

The Hard Work of Racial Inclusivity in the British-Jewish Community Starts Here

Blewish, Jewish&, 04/26/2021

Stephen Bush, the Chair of the Board of Deputies’ Commission on Racial Inclusivity (CRI), has achieved something that Tony Sewell’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities could not: his report centered and upheld the truth.

My Black son is a baby, but he won’t always be

My Black son is a baby, but he won’t always be

AK Neer, Jewish&, 04/22/2021

Being Black in America is its own journey within the journey of just being human, and living, and discovering who you really are on a soul level. Then there’s being Black and Jewish.

Being a Black Jewish Woman in America on January 6

Being a Black Jewish Woman in America on January 6

Tova Ricardo, Jewish Journal, 01/11/2021

Jewish stories deserve to be taken seriously by social advocacy movements, and we deserve to live in peace.

The Story Behind My Viral TikTok Video

The Story Behind My Viral TikTok Video

Shekhiynah Larks, Jewish&, 01/07/2021

My response to American Jews disassociating themselves from their whiteness struck a chord.

I’m a Rabbi in Georgia. Ossoff and Warnock’s Victories Are a Huge Deal for Me — and Just About Everyone.

I’m a Rabbi in Georgia. Ossoff and Warnock’s Victories Are a Huge Deal for Me — and Just About Everyone.

Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, Kveller, 01/07/2021

With each election that happened since we moved here, I began to see what he saw. To understand politics in Georgia, you need to understand more than the history of white supremacy and the enslavement of Black people in this state.

Be’chol Lashon: Combating Racism, Celebrating Diversity

Be’chol Lashon: Combating Racism, Celebrating Diversity

Naomi Kitchen and Makeda Zabot-Hall, The Covenant Foundation Sight Line, 09/15/2020

We have to make it clear and make it a priority to celebrate all of the identities that exist within the Jewish community as well as recognize when parts of our community are in pain

Senior Sephardi rabbi rethinks criticism of racial inclusivity commission

Senior Sephardi rabbi rethinks criticism of racial inclusivity commission

Adam Decker, Jewish News, 09/12/2020

Rabbi Joseph Dweck backs the Board of Deputies’ Commission on Racial Inclusivity after initially criticising its terms of reference.

We’re All Helping Raise Black Jewish Kids

We’re All Helping Raise Black Jewish Kids

Heather Miller, Kveller, 09/10/2020

Whether you realize it or not, you are helping to raise Black children.

Jews consider their place in America’s fraught racial landscape and ask: ‘Are we white?’

Jews consider their place in America’s fraught racial landscape and ask: ‘Are we white?’

Mya Jaradat, Desert News, 09/07/2020

The writer explores a three-decade quest to understand her mother’s words: ‘‘We’re not white. We’re Jewish.’