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Immigrants on a ferry boat near Ellis Island. (Department of the Treasury, Public Health Service)
Posted inIdeas

New state law says Israelis aren’t white. Let the debates begin.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

It’s official. Israelis aren’t white — at least in California. On Oct. 6, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 91 into law, creating a new racial or ethnic category to be […]

A protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Why Jewish Americans can’t agree on racism

by Ilana M. Horwitz October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
San Francisco State University professor Marc Dollinger (second from right) speaks at the "Jews and Black Theory" conference held May 15-16 at Harvard University. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inEducation

Jewish and Black studies scholars converge at unique Harvard conference

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 31, 2024July 6, 2024
A US census taker during the 2020 census. (Photo/US Census Bureau)
Posted inNews

Are Jews white? Proposed census change wades into issue

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 4, 2023May 3, 2023
(From left) Michelle Uranowitz, Damien Lemon and Sarah Baskin in 'Minyan Duty.'
Posted inCulture

‘Minyan Duty’ short film broaches topic of race … with nothing to say

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 15, 2022July 25, 2022
Galveston residents celebrate Juneteenth, which originated in the Texas city. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inU.S.

This Juneteenth, Jewish communities are reckoning with their own attitudes on race

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg attends a benefit event in New York City, Sept. 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Sean Zanni-Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Are Jews white? Is Whoopi Goldberg Jewish? ‘The View’ Holocaust controversy, explained

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA February 3, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg arrives for the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Valerie Macon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Whoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust comments were wrong — and I’m glad she said them

Nora Berman by Nora Berman and Forward February 2, 2022
The 2020 census contains a question that is raising questions for Jews. (JTA/JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY)
Posted inU.S.

A census question poses a dilemma for American Jews — are you white, and if so, what are your ‘origins’?

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 13, 2020
the two stand smiling in a classroom
Posted inBay Area

Black-Jewish teaching team tackles black-Jewish relations at USF

by Rob Gloster October 24, 2018November 12, 2018

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