Jews of Color

A womans white hand and a mans black hand hold a Hanukkah candle together as they light a Hanukkah menorah

Habari Gani? How My Family is Melding Kwanzaa and Hanukkah Customs

Rebecca Missel

As we each shared some favorite holiday memories, my partner asked, “So what does each candle of Hanukkah symbolize?” Puzzled, I asked him to explain what he meant. “You know, like for Kwanzaa.”

Chef Marisa Baggett smiles in front of a kitchen setting

Jewish Life Around the World

From Southern Fried Chicken to Kreplach: Talking to Memphis Deli Maven Marisa Baggett

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

November 4, 2020

This November, Marisa Baggett, a Memphis-area Jewish chef and food blogger, will lead three cooking classes for families and children on Reform Judaism on the Go. We caught up with her to talk about her amazing journey as a Jew and chef.

Deitra Reiser, Yolanda Savage-Narva, Evan Traylor

Audacious Hospitality

Union for Reform Judaism: Jews of Color Affinity Space

Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 06:00pm - 7:00pm

Please join Deitra Reiser, Yolanda Savage-Narva and Evan Traylor, as they host a series of Affinity Space gatherings for Jews of Color and Jewish Adjacent People of Color (those of us who do not identify as Jewish, but are partnered with a Jewish person or part of a Jewish family).

Ato Essandoh also plays a Black Jew on the NBC drama Chicago Med and now on Away

Arts and Culture

Meet the Netlix Star Who Plays an African-British-Jewish Astronaut

Gabe Friedman

September 21, 2020

Ato Essandoh isn’t Jewish, or British, or an astronaut — but he plays an African-British-Jewish astronaut on TV.

In Netflix’s new hit drama Away, about an international crew of astronauts who set out on a critical near-future mission to Mars, Essandoh plays

Black and white image of a young and smiling TV star Robert Clary

Jewish Values

Alliance, Resilience, and Repairing a Broken World: Lessons from a Jewish Sitcom Star

Barrett Clemmensen Powell

September 10, 2020

One person can change your life forever. For me, this person was Robert Clary, an entertainer and author who rose to fame after starring as Corporal Louis LeBeau on the classic sitcom Hogan’s Heroes.