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Oakland's own Daveed Diggs in the filmed version of "Hamilton" and Missy, a Black Jewish character on "Big Mouth."
Posted inCulture

2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Jewish nominees, from Daveed Diggs to Doja Cat

by Emily Burack and JTA February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
Police use tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Lev Radin-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

‘Totalitarian’ school renaming; Equating twerps with Nazis; Enjoy your plastic straws!

by J. Readers February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
George Lee (left) learns about antisemitism and teshuvah from Shekhiynah Larks (right). (Screenshot/TikTok)
Posted inNews

TikTok user who ‘liked’ antisemitic video gets a lesson in atonement 

by Gabriel Greschler February 4, 2021
Gugulethu Moyo is the new executive director of the Tucson Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center. (Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inU.S.

New leader of Tucson’s Holocaust museum is a genocide survivor herself

by Phyllis Braun and JTA February 4, 2021February 8, 2021
Marcella White Campbell is the new director of Be'chol Lashon, the first Jew of color to hold the position. (Photo/From file)
Posted inNews

For the first time, a Jew of color will lead S.F.-based diversity advocacy organization Be’chol Lashon

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA January 18, 2021January 20, 2021
Trump supporters near the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. Some stormed the building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Photo/JTA-Shay Horse-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Being a Black Jewish woman in America on Jan. 6

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo January 12, 2021January 13, 2021
Nissim Black: "I usually daven with an early morning minyan, and then I usually learn for a while. And then I go out to the field and meditate." (Photo/JTA-Tziporah Litman, courtesy of Black)
Posted inMusic

Hasidic rapper Nissim Black opens up about his creative process, spirituality and Covid recovery

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 17, 2020
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inHanukkah

‘They also happen to be Jewish’: Daveed Diggs on representing Jews of color in his new Hanukkah video

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 14, 2020
Darrell Blocker attends the Mosaic Federation Gala Against Human Slavery in New York City, Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Taylor Hill-Getty Images for Mosaic Federation)
Posted inUncategorized

Darrell Blocker, who could lead Biden’s CIA, is a Black Jew known as a ‘spy whisperer’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
The first cohort of the Jews of Color Career Development Program (clockwise from top left): Tiziana Friedman, Sumner Lewis, Aaron Carpenter, Kayla Fleming, Anabelle Kaimach, Sharona Shnayder, Daniel Hershfield and Liyah Foye. (Photos/Courtesy of Jews of Color Initiative)
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Bay Area-based program for Jews of color aims to diversify Jewish organizations

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

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