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How the Israel of her childhood imagination became both real and beloved.
![Martin Luther King’s Forgotten Visit to the Holy Land](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mlk-1547x900-e1516924807305-510x382.jpg)
What we can learn from MLK's most important trip of his life.
![Trip to Africa Redefines Family for African-American Rabbi](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Isaiah_kids2-e1516925426492-510x382.jpg)
Lessons learned in Rwanda in 2017 are inspiring a rabbi's work in the United States.
![Youth Poet-Laureate Embraces Creole and Jewish Heritage](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Tova-1348x900-1-510x382.jpg)
Poetry is power for Jewish biracial teen activist.
![Growing Up African-American and Jewish Leads to a Life of Service in Georgia](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JOHN-PORTRAIT-1-1-1291x900-1-510x382.jpg)
For Georgia politician, legacy of oppression and persistence motivates.
![African American Republican Congressional Candidate Turned Yeshiva Student](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/MordechaiSmiling-510x364.jpg)
Today I am a yeshiva student studying Torah full time. Before this, I was a Republican candidate for Congress.
![My Black Brother Deserves What I Have](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC_0539-1-510x382.jpg)
When I was eight years old, our family began looking into adopting a child.
![Humor and My Authentically Black Jewish Self](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Rosie_Ice_Cream-1-510x382.jpg)
“How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. Happy Passover y’all.”