Jews of Color

Collage of Black faces and features stitched together to represent the diversity of the Black communal experience

Reflections on Observing Black History Month in the Wake of the Capitol Insurrection

Robin Harrison

February 23, 2021

This is not yet the America most of us dream of, but it is an unavoidable part of our DNA. American equality and exceptionalism are checks that are still in the mail. If we truly love what this country is capable of, we must continue to speak the hard truth to power.

Two young Ethiopian men at the heart of the new film Passengers

Israel and her Neighbors

A New Film Focuses on the Plight of Ethiopian Jews Trying to Make Aliyah

Chris Harrison

February 11, 2021

In the 1980s and '90s, Israel committed to helping Ethiopian Jews make aliyah and become Israeli citizens. To this day, though, a small group of Jews remain in Ethiopia and have been unable to immigrate.

Gina Drangel with her husband and two children dressed up and standing in front of an open ark

Audacious Hospitality

Questioning Identity

Gina Drangel

Being Black and Jewish has given me the strength to walk proudly. I have been asked on many occasions how I could be Jewish. I always respond to these questions because I believe that asking questions is a profound way to grow and learn.

Laptop on a desk surrounded by items like coffee and headphones and showing a young man speaking on screen

Racial Justice

Voices of Jews of Color: A Video and Discussion Guide

The gift of the voices of three Reform Jews of Color help ground us in the historical reality of racial oppression in the United States, but also to hold ourselves accountable for a call to change, repair, and disruption.

Racial Justice

Celebrate Black History Month with These 11 Interviews with Black, Biracial, and Multiracial Jews

We Jews are a multiracial, multiethnic, multicultural people who continue to build an evolving Jewish civilization together that includes a religion and a nation. How can we embrace the full diversity of today’s Jewish community?