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Jamie Foxx pictured in March 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty Images)
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In antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post, evidence of a ‘culture clash’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 9, 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)
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More rabbis of color are being ordained. Why aren’t they on the bimah?

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall July 31, 2023July 31, 2023
Larry Griffin protesting at the “Disrupt Inequality Rally” alongside local members of local labor unions in front of San Francisco City Hall. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
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Larry Griffin, S.F. civic and labor leader, was a ‘mensch’s mensch’

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Protesters dressed as oppressed women from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" at a protest against the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Courtesy UnXeptable)
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2023

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Rabbi Tamar Manasseh speaks at her ordination at Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, July 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Rothschild)
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In ‘Rabbi on the Block,’ meet the first woman to become a Hebrew Israelite rabbi

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 17, 2023February 15, 2024
The Greenville, North Carolina, Juneteenth parade, June 19, 2021. (Photo/Rawpixel CC0)
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Not just a second Passover: Juneteenth’s unfinished journey

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The real story behind Sammy Davis Jr.’s conversion to Judaism

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz and Forward February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
Walter Mosely’s latest novel is called "Every Man a King." (Graphic/Matthew Litman-Forward; Photos/Amy Sussman-Getty Images and courtesy of Walter Mosley)
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Walter Mosley talks about his new detective novel, race, antisemitism — and his Jewish mother

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz and Forward February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
Rachel Sennott (left) and Madeline Grey DeFreece in "Tahara," one of several movies you could watch instead of "You People."
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Seven movies about Black-Jewish relations to watch instead of ‘You People’

Rebecca PierceLexi Leban by Rebecca Pierce and Lexi Leban February 20, 2023February 22, 2023
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A Black History Month poem: i think a lot about color

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