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Posted inEducation

We love our kid’s school, but it perpetuates an unfair system

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
illustration: a silhouette of a man wearing a tallit and raising his fist in the air
Posted inUncategorized

I’ve been a rabbi fighting racial injustice for decades. But I have not done enough.

Rabbi Sid Schwarz by Rabbi Sid Schwarz June 30, 2020
a pink flower
Posted inOpinion

Bright side of the lockdown? Appreciating the small things 

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
Members of the neo-Nazi South African group AWB.(Photo/JTA-David Turnley-Corbis-VCG via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I grew up a white Jew in South Africa. We cannot sit out today’s fight against institutionalized racism.

Robert Bank by Robert Bank June 22, 2020
"I’m coming out of the closet. I am Black, I am Jewish, I am queer, and on top of all that, I’m a woman, too," writes Aviva Davis.
Posted inLocal Voice

How I learned to love myself as a Black Jew

Aviva Davis by Aviva Davis June 19, 2020
A Black Lives Matter protester raises his fist during a march to honor George Floyd in New York City, May 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Israel isn’t an excuse not to support Black Lives Matter

by Maayan Belding-Zidon June 15, 2020June 15, 2020
David Waksberg at a Simchat Torah rally for Soviet Jews in front of the San Francisco Soviet consulate in 1984 with son Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his chest. (Photo/Courtesy Waksberg)
Posted inLocal Voice

1980s Soviet Jewry activist turns his eyes toward a battle for today: Black Lives Matter

by David Waksberg June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
The author (left) age 9, with her mother and siblings in Oakland. (Photo/Courtesy Larks)
Posted inFirst Person

Black Jews are grieving, and we need you to help us mourn

Shekhiynah Larks by Shekhiynah Larks June 9, 2020
Protestors raise their fists during a moment of silence to remember black lives lost to police violence during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Woburn, Mass., June 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jessica Rinaldi-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Black Americans and Jews of color don’t need another short-term ally — we need you to join our fight

Jordan Daniels by Jordan Daniels June 8, 2020
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Posted inLocal Voice

Turning a blind eye to racism allows it to continue

Rabbi Allan Berkowitz by Rabbi Allan Berkowitz June 5, 2020June 10, 2020

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