Jews of Color

8 Indian Jewish Recipes to Spice Up Your Cooking Repertoire

Did you know that India’s Jews come from four distinct groups who can trace their Indian roots back to ancient times? As in all Jewish communities around the world, Indian Jews translated their culinary tastes and the laws of kashrut to embrace the foods of the region.

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Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

11 Great Books about and for Jewish Children of Color

Chris Harrison

November 26, 2018

Here are eight illustrated books (and their official synopses, straight from the publisher) that are sure to bring smiles to the faces of the young Jews of Color in your life.

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Jews of Color

At the Intersection of Queer and Jewish: A Reflection

Marques Hollie

June 27, 2018

The life I live today as a queer Jew of color would not have been possible without our queer forebears and the work they did around the 1969 Stonewall rebellion.

Jews of Color

At the Intersection of Passover and Shared Otherness: The Making of "Go Down Moshe"

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

March 20, 2018

Marques Hollie talks to us about the Passover performance piece he created called “Go Down Moshe," at the intersection of “the shared otherness of American Jews and people of color.”

Yom Kippur

When the Synagogue Doesn't Feel Like Home

Marra B. Gad

September 29, 2016

I'm uncomfortable entering unfamiliar synagogues - solely because I am mixed race, and people assume that I am not Jewish.