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(From left) Actors Lillian McKenzie and Kaitlyn Tanimoto in "What Do I Do With All This Heritage?" (Photo/David Chiu)
Posted inTheater

From an Orthodox K-pop dancer to a convert scheduling his own bris, new show reflects humanity of Asian Jews

Gen Xia Ye Slosberg by Gen Xia Ye Slosberg May 23, 2024May 29, 2024

Upon entering the classroom at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco for a performance of “What Do I Do With All This Heritage?” on Sunday, I found my seat […]

Tsutomu Shimura, better konwn as the rapper Lyrics Born, launched his cooking show "Dinner In Place" in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy)
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‘Jewpanese’ rapper has a new hit — an online cooking show

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 2, 2023December 20, 2023
A newspaper page with the headline "Jews of color relish Chanukah party's welcome mat" and a photo of a Black man, a white man and a Black boy singing together
Posted inFrom the Archives

How Jews of color have shown up (or not) in this newspaper over the decades

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
An illustration by Renia Metallinou from "Zhen Yu and the Snake" by Erica Lyons.
Posted inBooks

A Talmudic tale gets a 12th-century Chinese twist in children’s book aimed at diverse Jewish readers

by Jordyn Haime September 12, 2023September 19, 2023
Rabbi Mira Rivera (center), the first Filipina-American to be ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, talks to students at Ammud: The JOC Torah Academy in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Ammud)
Posted inU.S.

More rabbis of color are being ordained. Why aren’t they on the bimah?

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall July 31, 2023July 31, 2023
Two young women, one standing and one sitting, smile for the camera.
Posted inCulture

Talking Jews and Asians in pop culture with The LUNAR Collective

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
San Mateo Mayor Amourence Lee
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After 7 days without a mayor, San Mateo appoints first Jew of color to the job

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2022December 20, 2022
Julliard-trained percussionist and a Food Network star Molly Yeh is the author of “Home Is Where the Eggs Are.” (Photo/Courtesy William Morrow)
Posted inBooks

‘Home Is Where the Eggs Are’: Out of a literal melting pot comes Molly Yeh’s literally stellar chicken soup

by Liza Schoenfein and Forward October 18, 2022October 18, 2022
Three teens stand together — one Latina, one Asian, one black — the Asian one is wearing a t-shirt that reads "This is what Jewish looks like."
Posted inU.S.

80% of Jews of color have faced discrimination in Jewish settings, according to massive new survey

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
New S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation board members (clockwise from top left): Lindsey Newman, Andy Cheng, Natasha Kehimkar and Kenny Kahn.
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Half of new Federation board members are Jews of color

by Gabriel Greschler July 2, 2021July 6, 2021

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