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Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell will perform at "Erev Juneteenth" on June 18. (Illustration/Cameron Frazier)
Posted inCulture

JCCSF invites prominent Black Jews to lead its first Juneteenth event

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 7, 2024June 15, 2024

Public celebrations of Juneteenth have been held in African American communities for generations, especially in the South, but they are a relatively new phenomenon in Jewish communities. Be’chol Lashon, the […]

Leili Davari, Tonda Case, Rebekkah Scharf and Ilana Kaufman discuss intersectionality and Jewish women of color at a July 21, 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival panel. (Photo/Barak Shrama-Courtesy San Francisco Jewish Film Festival)
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘Racial Equity Informed Philanthropy’: Guide offers new framework for Jewish giving

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene December 5, 2022December 6, 2022
JOC leaders invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016, including Ilana Kaufman (top right)
Posted inOpinion

Despite 10 years of promises, Jewish leaders have failed to make space for Jews of color

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman and Forward April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
(Clockwise from top left) Analucía Lopezrevoredo, Ginna Green, Angel Alvarez-Mapp and Janu Mandel at the Aug. 12 Zoom unveiling of the “Beyond the Count” study.
Posted inNews

‘We are not alone!’ How a new study validates the feelings of many Jews of color.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 13, 2021July 7, 2024
Three teens stand together — one Latina, one Asian, one black — the Asian one is wearing a t-shirt that reads "This is what Jewish looks like."
Posted inU.S.

80% of Jews of color have faced discrimination in Jewish settings, according to massive new survey

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
JCRC's Ilana Kaufman speaking at "Sukkot on the Green" at University of San Francisco about her experiences as a Jew of color in the professional Jewish world, Oct. 4 2017 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

An easy start to Sukkot: ‘Open Doors’ at USF and sunny skies in the Mission

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 6, 2017September 1, 2018

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