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Jews of Color Initiative

(From left) Actors Kenzo Lee, Lillian Mimi McKenzie and Kaitlyn Tanimoto in “What Do I Do With All This Heritage?” produced by The Braid and the Lunar Collective in May 2024. (David Chiu)
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Jews of Color Initiative grants will combat antisemitism ‘through a JoC lens’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 14, 2025July 17, 2025

Ten Jewish nonprofits were awarded a combined $300,000 in grant funding this month from the Jews of Color Initiative, a nonprofit based in Berkeley. The grants are oriented toward combating […]

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)
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The Jews of Color Initiative is now its own independent nonprofit organization

by J. Staff June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
JOC leaders invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016, including Ilana Kaufman (top right)
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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.
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‘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
Paula Pretlow (right) with her daughter Alison in Jerusalem.
Posted inBay Area, Analysis, Jewish Life

Jews of color, once sidelined, now being recruited by Jewish agencies

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel August 5, 2021March 10, 2025
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. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz, Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 14, 2021
The Jews of Color Initiative's Ilana Kaufman (blue shirt and glasses, seventh from left) and Angel Alvarez-Mapp (black shirt and glasses, sixth from left) meet with Jewish community leaders at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
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Steven Spielberg giving $200,000 to Bay Area-based Jews of Color Initiative

by JTA and J. Staff March 26, 2021March 29, 2021
(Clockwise from top left) Lunar team members Davi Cheng, Jared Chiang-Zeizel, Jenni Rudolph and Gen Xia Ye Slosberg. (Photos/Facebook)
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Asian American Jews connect and share in ‘Lunar’ video series

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 3, 2021February 3, 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)
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Being a Black Jewish woman in America on Jan. 6

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo January 12, 2021January 13, 2021

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