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George Floyd

Photo of George Floyd attached to a fence
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First national Shabbaton conference for Jews of color to mark yahrzeit for George Floyd

Esther D. KustanowitzAsaf Elia-Shalev by Esther D. Kustanowitz, Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 14, 2021

Across America, people whose lives changed when George Floyd was killed are planning to mark the one-year anniversary of his death this month. Floyd’s family is working to rebrand the […]

Enzi Tanner is the community safety organizer for Jewish Community Action, a social justice group in Minnesota. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Tanner via TC Jewfolk)
Posted inU.S.

For social justice-oriented Jews in Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin’s conviction is just the beginning

by Lonny Goldsmith and JTA April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
A mural memorializing George Floyd in Minneapolis by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera and Greta McLain. (Photo/Lorie Shaull vai Flickr)
Posted inOpinion

Want real police reform after the Chauvin trial? Start with how they’re trained.

Robin Washington by Robin Washington and Forward April 21, 2021
Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, demonstrated against the death in police custody of George Floyd, May 29, 2020. (Photo/Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups praise Chauvin guilty verdict, call for systemic change

by J. Staff April 21, 2021April 22, 2021
Jewish Youth for Community Action members at a Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland in 2020. (Rachel Gottfried)
Posted inUncategorized

Racial justice is a Jewish imperative

by J. Editorial Board June 12, 2020
Left: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz pictured, 1963. (Photo/JTA-American Jewish Historical Society via Wikimedia Commons). Right: A gathering to pay tribute to George Floyd, killed by police in Minneapolis, and Adama Traoré, killed by French police four years ago, Toulouse, France, June 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Alain Pitton-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

3 Jewish takeaways as unrest from pandemic and George Floyd killing strikes America

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 12, 2020
Sign on the front gate of Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inEducation

Over 200 alumni of S.F. Jewish high school call for anti-racist reforms in open letter

by Gabriel Greschler June 11, 2020July 17, 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)
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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

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