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Charlotte Seeleman Shlenker (1838-1920), the author's great-great-grandmother, was the daughter of Magdalena Gugenheim Seeleman, who showed up in the 1860 Louisiana slave census (left) as having owned a 29-year-old woman. Charlotte's husband, Isaac, offered a "girl" for sale in an advertisement dated April 10, 1861. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy Barry Block)
Posted inUncategorized

My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. Here’s what I’m doing about it.

Rabbi Barry H. Block by Rabbi Barry H. Block and JTA December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum in 2011. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)
Posted inObituaries

SF-born Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum, who marched in Selma, dies at 94

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 10, 2021March 17, 2021
San Francisco State University professor Marc Dollinger (left) and Jews of Color Initiative founder Ilana Kaufman at discuss Dollinger's book at Temple Sinai in Oakland, Oct. 2018. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inBay Area

In Oakland, parsing and challenging the black-Jewish narrative

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2018October 10, 2018
Adam Driver, left, and John David Washington in a scene from Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman." (Photo/David Lee-Focus Features)
Posted inTV & Film

‘BlacKkKlansman’ and the possibilities, then and now, of a black-Jewish alliance

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger August 15, 2018August 15, 2018
signs reads "we support our muslim neighbors"
Posted inEditorial

Muslim travel ban ruling sets dangerous precedent

by J. Editorial Board June 28, 2018June 28, 2018
pride marchers carry lgbt pride flags with stars of david on them
Posted inEditorial

Put civil rights at head of the parade as we celebrate Pride

by J. Editorial Board June 18, 2018June 18, 2018
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (left) and Martin Luther King (center) marching in Selma, Alabama
Posted inBooks, Culture

Dismantling the myths of the black-Jewish civil rights alliance

by Jackie Krentzman June 5, 2018June 26, 2018
An illustration of the aftermath of the Kishinev pogrom in April 1903, published in "L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crimes of Tsarism and the massacres of Kishinev." (Photo/JTA-Culture Club-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How an infamous pogrom gave rise to myths, poetry, and the black-Jewish alliance

by Sue Fishkoff April 3, 2018August 18, 2018
Roger Severino, director of the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaking at a Washington news conference announcing a new division on Conscience and Religious Freedom, D.C., Jan. 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Aaron P. Bernstein-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How the Trump administration condones discrimination in the name of religion

David L. Barkey by David L. Barkey February 5, 2018
the couple stands in a baseball diamond, wrapped in a single talit
Posted inTalking With ..., Jewish Life

Q&A: This fighter for civil rights has baseball in her DNA

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 10, 2017March 15, 2017

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