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Jordan Jackson-Clark needs a Black and Jewish bone marrow donor to help him fight his leukemia.
Posted inBay Area

Oakland 24-year-old with leukemia seeking multiethnic bone marrow donor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
Ato Essandoh (right) as Kwesi Weisberg-Annan in Netflix's space drama "Away." (Photo/JTA-Diyah Pera-Netflix)
Posted inTV

In Netflix’s ‘Away,’ Ato Essandoh is an African-British-Jewish astronaut. It’s not his first Jewish starring role.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA September 11, 2020
Many people march down a street carrying a colorful banner that reads "Jews Support Black Lives Matter"
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish communities are finally paying attention to Jews of color. Here’s the long road to how they got there.

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 15, 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
New York police officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn after it was vandalized with graffiti, Nov. 2, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Kena Betancur-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Calls to defund police put some Jewish institutions in a tough position

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 15, 2020
College student and former J. intern Tova Ricardo: "There are people who doubt my Jewishness. They’ll doubt my Jewish knowledge. They will assume I don’t know their stories." (Photo/Kara Fleishhacker)
Posted inUncategorized

For Jews of color, protests are reminders of pain — even within Jewish community

by Gabriel Greschler June 11, 2020January 25, 2021
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
John Eaves wants to flip Georgia's 7th Congressional District blue. (Photo/Courtesy Eaves)
Posted inU.S.

John Eaves wants to be the first black and Jewish member of Congress

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA June 2, 2020

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