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01/09/2023

Benjamin “Yellow Benjy” Melendez and the Ghetto Brothers brokered a truce among 50 gangs that led to safer streets, a flourishing of public art and, ultimately, the birth of hip-hop.

24/02/2023

“I am Black. I am female. I am Jewish. And I am proud of every one of those things. I am an entrepreneur. I am a business owner. I am a ski instructor. Those things don’t compute to people, and I don’t care because that is who I am.”

For more than 25 years, Elinor Tatum has been at the helm of the iconic newspaper, the New York Amsterdam News.

15/02/2023

"Last October, a minyan of Jews of African descent traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, with the Wyncote-based Reconstructing Judaism. Specifically for Black Jews across the country, the Reconstructing Judaism pilgrimage is believed to be the first trip of its kind."

Last October, a minyan of Jews of African descent traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, with the Wyncote-based Reconstructing Judaism. Specifically for Black Jews across the country, the Reconstructing Judaism pilgrimage is believed to be the first trip of its kind. Though the trip was months ago, the im...

10/02/2023

"An award-winning and Oscar-qualified director and writer, as well as an Emmy-nominated producer and RespectAbility Entertainment Lab Alum and certified speaker, [Asha] Chai-Chang is a disability advocate and accessibility coordinator with non-visible disabilities. She is the Jamaican/Cuban/Chinese/Jewish daughter of immigrant parents."

She "embraced her Jewish heritage when she met others of a similar religious background while a student at Yale University."

https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/the-branch-celebrates-jewish-disability-awareness-and-black-history-month/

06/01/2023

This is not a Tribe Herald partnership, but the fellowship opportunity is partly JOC facilitated and we want to give marginalized gender JOC youth opportunity to train their voices for public speaking with a Jewish lens.

*Apply by January 23rd!!*

Introducing Vocal Point: Speak Up, Speak Out, a public speaking program for young Jewish feminists!

Vocal Point is our new online leadership development opportunity to learn new tools for speaking publicly on issues you are most passionate about.

Too often, young people are left out of the conversations that most impact them. Through Vocal Point, YOU can become an advocate for your generation and collective future through in-depth skill-building, mentorship, and real-world speaking opportunities.

The application closes on January 23!!

Learn more about eligibility, the application process, important dates, and more: https://jgirlsmagazine.org/vocal-point-speak-up-speak-out/

18/12/2022

"But there's more to explore in the culinary canon of the Jewish "Festival of Lights" beyond the traditional latkes and sufganiyot that are as essential to celebrating Hanukkah as candles for the hanukkiah.... This year, take a trip back to 13th Century al-Andalus (modern-day Andalusia, Spain) when Jews – and Muslims – both indulged in isfenğ."

Fried foods are the norm when celebrating Hanukkah, and the Sephardic "isfenğ" is no exception, packed with as much history as crunch.

28/11/2022

Cleveland-based Rekindle Fellowship is partnering with Jews of Color Cleveland and Wynnewood, Pa.-based Rappers & Rabbis to host a Nissim Black concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights.

Black is a rap artist and Black Orthodox Jew. He and his wife first married in 2008, but remarried in an Orthodox ceremony after their conversion in 2013. The concert is open to all ages...

“As part of our mission to rekindle the Black-Jewish partnership that was so strong during the Civil Rights Movement, we’re excited to celebrate Black and Jewish culture simultaneously during one engaging concert.”

Cleveland-based Rekindle Fellowship is partnering with Jews of Color Cleveland and Wynnewood, Pa.-based Rappers & Rabbis to host a Nissim Black concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Grog

17/11/2022

"[T]hrough a string of personal encounters with family members and with history, I eventually came to think that maybe my Black identity was connected to my Jewish identity, as I found common themes between our peoples’ experiences.

What seems to separate us — our skin, our culture, our history — is really what binds the Black and Jewish people."

I rarely saw my Jewish father and knew little about his roots. But I've learned to build my own connections with my ancestry.

19/08/2022

Please join us in welcoming Christina Jefferson and Dena Robinson to our Board of Directors! We are energized by the wealth of knowledge and experience each of these incredible leaders bring to the JoCI family, and can't wait to see their impact!

Christina Jefferson (she/her) is the first-ever Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the San Francisco 49ers, where she leads inclusion and diversity efforts across the organization and the team's internships, fellowships and holistic training strategy. Prior to joining the 49ers, Jefferson spent six years with Sephora leading their diversity and inclusion efforts company-wide, including facilitation and the creation of diversity trainings, and providing oversight to all cultural programming. Jefferson earned her B.S. from the University of Southern Indiana and her Masters in Human Resource Management from Golden Gate University.

Dena Robinson (she/her) is a first-generation Black, Jewish, and q***r woman who is passionate about collective and individual liberation and healing. Dena is a civil rights attorney and runs a DEI facilitation and consulting practice, Radical Roots. Leading from her values and lived experience, Dena has worked as an organizer in the areas of race equity, education, and campus sexual assault, taught English to immigrant and refugee students, designed social justice and race-equity-focused curricula, and facilitated workshops around race, white supremacy, and identity. Dena graduated cm laude from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law with a healthcare law certificate, and holds an M.S.Ed. from The Johns Hopkins University. Currently, Dena works as a Trial Attorney for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division in the Employment Litigation Section, where she enforces Title VII against state and local governments.

http://ow.ly/7J8L50Ko2VL

28/07/2022

“I’m trying to communicate my experiences as a Black, American Jewish woman, and a lot of folks don’t know that people with those identities exist.”

Like most 23-year-olds, Tova Ricardo has an Instagram account. Yet she never posts pictures of herself partying, drinking or lounging on the beach. Instead, she posts poetic declarations of pride in her Judaism.

26/07/2022

"Based on the writing style, researchers say the inscription dates back to the 13th century."

It could help researchers shine a new light on some of the earliest Jewish history and trade activity in India.

26/07/2022

“While many Latino and Jewish organizations fight discrimination individually, the goal of the alliance is to unite and amplify voices from both communities and make a real difference by working together.”

"Many Latino and Jewish organizations fight discrimination individually... the goal is to unite and amplify voices from both communities and make a real difference."

26/07/2022

"Jews of color are often subjected to questions about their Jewish origins. Even when well intentioned, those queries can be painful because they cast doubt on their identity right away and imply they don’t belong."

Nate Looney is a Black man who grew up in Los Angeles, a descendant of enslaved people from generations ago. He’s also an observant, kippah-wearing Jew.

07/07/2022

"Soon there will be a seventh race in America: Middle East North African (MENA)."

US officials are planning to add a new race to the census

07/07/2022

“We did not bring it here to sit in some museum. The book needs to be restored and used. Carefully, consciously, sparingly — but used.”

“It’s like a long-lost relative had returned.”

14/06/2022

"The founder of jewelery label Boochier talks about growing up in a big Hong Kong family and what led her to become an Orthodox Jew."

The founder of the Boochier jewellery label tells Kate Whitehead about growing up in Hong Kong, finding religion and her casino wedding to Jonathan Zeman, son of businessman Allan Zeman.

09/06/2022

"[N]ext time you’re cueing up “Purple Rain,” do so with the knowledge that half of the band plus the guest violinist on this revolutionary album were Jewish."

Prince, author of the memoir "The Beautiful Ones" and the creator of "Purple Rain," "Emancipation" and "Exodus" has a surprising Jewish history.

07/06/2022

"For Karachi’s BenKhald to have battled the odds first to be officially registered as a Jew in Pakistan and perform pilgrimage in Israel on the same passport, is no small feat. Born to a Muslim father and Jewish mother of Iranian origin, Fishel BenKhald is a civil engineer and works at a kosher certification agency. He has been campaigning to preserve the Bani Israel graveyard, the only Jewish cemetery in Karachi, which is in shambles."

In Pakistan, many Jews hide their identity by taking Muslim or Christian faith in official documents. There are less than two hundred Jews left in the country.