Honoring Black History Month and Creating a Better Future
Black Jewish alumni of the Union for Reform Judaism’s JewV’Nation Fellowship share their insight and perspectives about how to use our sacred history to create a better future.
A number of things have helped me get to a place where I felt more accepting of my own identities and able to take shame and doubt and transform them into strength and courage.
I am Black, I am Jewish, and I am a lesbian, among other things – and I am all of those things at all times in every context; not parts that intersect, but a whole person who fits into different worlds and spaces.
One of my favorite things about digging into a recipe is learning how a single cookie can connect us to generations past as a tangible link to a time and place in our history.