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racism

A man drinks from a segregated water fountain in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1950. (Elliott Erwitt/National Museum of American History via Wikimedia/CC0 1.0)
Posted inAct Two

‘Stick to your own kind’? Sometimes, it’s not about race

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

Driving south of the Mason-Dixon Line, my family stopped at a park where I saw signs on drinking fountains: “White Only” and “Colored Only.” The signs were also attached to […]

Jamie Foxx pictured in March 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

In antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post, evidence of a ‘culture clash’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 9, 2023
Bonta, a middle-aged Latino man in a suit, stands speaking at a podium outdoors.
Posted inNews

AG’s hate crime report: Jews most targeted religious group in California

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 30, 2023July 3, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled university affirmative action policies in June 2023. (Photo/JTA-Joe Daniel Price-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Jewish quotas were at the heart of Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

by Ron Kampeas June 30, 2023July 3, 2023
Congressman Julius Kahn is now remembered in part for his vociferous anti-Asian racism.
Posted inColumns

We Jews cannot look away from the ugly parts of our past

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler May 12, 2023May 11, 2023
“The Scottsboro Boys" has a nearly all-Black cast and uses the structure of a minstrel show as a narrative device to expose the racism of white Southerners. (Photo/42nd Street Moon)
Posted inTheater

‘Scottsboro Boys’: Kander and Ebb’s musical about racism and injustice playing in S.F.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 5, 2023May 11, 2023
San Jose Fire Station 3, where Casilia Loessberg used to work. (Photo/San Jose Fire Department)
Posted inBay Area

Ex–firefighter’s lawsuit says her superior was a ‘known Nazi sympathizer’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 21, 2023March 22, 2023
Participants of JCRC Bay Area's AAPI-Jewish solidarity trip dining at the NewBigWong restaurant in Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown. (Photo/Courtesy Tyler Gregory)
Posted inNews

Bay Area Jewish and AAPI leaders talk shared concerns at White House

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip "Dilbert." (Photo/Bob Riha, Jr.-Getty Images)
Posted inComics

‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz and Forward March 3, 2023March 3, 2023
Left: A view of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images); Right: "Moses on Mount Sinai" by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895-1900 (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inFirst Person

From Moses to Memphis, the work of liberation remains unfinished

Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein by Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein and JTA February 13, 2023

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