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racism

At a rally for reparations at the African Burial Ground National Monument, July 23, 2021 in New York City. (Photo/Forward-Michael M. Santiago-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

What would happen if Black Californians received reparations? The Jewish experience provides some answers.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
The Ten Commandments Monument at the Arkansas State Capitol. (Photo/Wikimedia-LittleT889 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inOpinion

Look beyond the Buffalo murders. The extremists’ ideology is mainstream on the right.

Elad Nehorai by Elad Nehorai and Forward May 24, 2022May 24, 2022
People pray outside the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 15, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Matt Rourke)
Posted inU.S.

Q&A: Buffalo’s Jewish community responds to mass shooting

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
People pray outside the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 15, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Matt Rourke)
Posted inOpinion

From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS May 16, 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
Merrill College at UC Santa Cruz, one of two UCSC residential colleges hit last week with antisemitic graffiti. (Photo/Wikimedia-Ponderosapine210 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inNorthern California

UC Santa Cruz colleges defaced with antisemitic and racist graffiti

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 10, 2022March 15, 2022
Mayor David Dinkins (center) looks on while a Jewish man and a Black man argue during riots in Crown Heights, Aug. 1991. (Photo/JTA-New York Daily News Archive-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

A podcaster explores her own Black and Jewish identities in a series about the Crown Heights riots

by Adam Dickter and JTA February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inOpinion

After being taken hostage in Colleyville, here’s how I’m fighting racism

Jeffrey R. Cohen by Jeffrey R. Cohen and JTA February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
A scene from "Shababnikim," also known as "The New Black." (Photo/Courtesy ChaiFlicks)
Posted inUncategorized

Like ‘Unorthodox’ and ‘Shtisel’? ‘Shababnikim’ offers a fresh, funny new view of Orthodox life.

Karen H. Skinazi by Karen H. Skinazi and JTA February 18, 2022February 24, 2022
Jared Armstrong (center) with other participants on a Birthright trip to Israel in 2021.
Posted inFirst Person

Israel thinks I only want to make aliyah so I can play basketball. But I just want to come home.

Jared Armstrong by Jared Armstrong and JTA February 16, 2022

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