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San Francisco State University professor Marc Dollinger (second from right) speaks at the "Jews and Black Theory" conference held May 15-16 at Harvard University. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inEducation

Jewish and Black studies scholars converge at unique Harvard conference

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 31, 2024July 6, 2024

Updated June 5 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — In academia, the relationship between white Jews and Black non-Jews in the United States has generally fallen within the purview of historians and sociologists. […]

Drake gets comfy in an armchair
Posted inMusic

Latest rap beef wraps in Drake, rhinoplasty and pastrami

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 15, 2024May 7, 2024
Nissim Black performs at the College of San Mateo, April 7, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inCulture

Rapper Nissim Black blesses crowd in first Bay Area show

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 12, 2024April 15, 2024
Marra Gad speaking at The Baldwin School in Pennsylvania, March 7, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy The Baldwin School)
Posted inOpinion

I was discouraged from applying to cantorial school. I still found my voice.

Marra B. Gad by Marra B. Gad March 26, 2024April 3, 2024
Kyle Blaze (righ) with his ukulele students at the Cazadero Performing Arts Family Camp. (Photo/Scott Stanford)
Posted inEducation

Sonoma County performing arts camp hires new Jewish leaders with a vision

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 29, 2024March 6, 2024
(Illustration/My Jewish Learning)
Posted inOpinion

‘Were you adopted?’ and other questions not to ask Jews of color

Zerline Hughes Spruill by Zerline Hughes Spruill February 28, 2024
Jenni Asher expects to graduate from the Academy for Jewish Religion California next spring. (Photo/Arjun Ramesh)
Posted inReligion

L.A. musician Jenni Asher studying to be first ordained Black woman cantor

Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba (Photo/Courtesy)Andrew Esensten by Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba and Andrew Esensten February 22, 2024June 14, 2024
Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. (Photo/Levi Lehman)
Posted inTV & Film

‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and a makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen November 29, 2023November 29, 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
James McBride’s new novel is "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store." (Photo/Courtesy Riverhead Books)
Posted inBooks

His memoir was a transcendent look at Black-Jewish relations. Can he pull it off again — in a novel?

by Irene Katz Connelly August 22, 2023August 23, 2023

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