"If we allow our history to be erased, and cover the parts that are inconvenient to those in power, what was once done in the dark will be done again—this time, in broad daylight."
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Spur discussions around the themes of MLK day while highlighting the importance of listening and understanding across difference.
[Op-Ed]
Renditions of ‘Go Down Moses‘ at Passover Seders often problematically compare cultural memory and mythos of the Jewish people to the historical and contemporary trauma of Black people, ignoring that Negro spirituals cloaked in biblical allusion were a tradition of necessity.
Anthony Russell’s brilliant new album attempts to answer that question.
For this photographer, "Judaism is a fundamental filter for my understanding of the complexities of being alive."
A Black-Jewish poet pens Torah-inspired reflections for Black History Month.
A meaningful and surprising first encounter creates lasting bond.
Not seeing her own experiences in the traditional Jewish prayer book, this Black Jewish woman wrote her own.
How the grandchild of Holocaust survivors and mother of an African American navigates the history of hate.