NEW YORK (JTA) — At a conference here on Jewish life in Africa, Magda Haroun spoke of being only one of a handful of Jews left in Egypt, a country …
African American Jews
African American Jews have been part of the Jewish community for centuries. Our religion is diverse and it’s comprised of people from many walks of life. In this Storyboard I cover a very important group in the Jewish community.
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Sitting on the stoop of his apartment building in Crown Heights early last week, Yehudah Webster took out his cellphone and began recording himself. …
JTA — As protests for racial justice swept the United States this summer, many American Jewish organizations joined in. They released statements and …
The Black Jews of Harlem are a minority ethnic group in New York who first appeared in the early 1900s. By 1930 there were at least four groups of …
As a Black man in America, Marlon Amitai-Aviv Mcelveen is familiar with the omnipresent fear of a routine police stop turned deadly, the intrusive …
Early 1920s newspaper ads for the blockbuster New York Yiddish stage shows Dos Khupe Kleyd (The Wedding Dress) and Yente Telebende (Loquacious …
In 1996, a DNA study claimed to confirm what the Lemba, a group of people living in South Africa, already knew from centuries-old oral history and …
Elisheva Rishon’s empowering designs reflect her experiences as a Black Orthodox Jew.
Elisheva Rishon created her clothing brand Eli7 Designs with the mission to empower people — Black and Jewish women in particular. Rishon, a Black …
North Africa’s Jews originated in biblical-era Israel and are more closely related to Jews from other parts of the world than they are to non-Jewish North Africans, according to a new genetics study. study...
The Eritrean-American comedian Tiffany Haddish has celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony - normally marked when a girl turns 12 - signifies a stepping into religious maturity, a...
TheJ.ca — If necessity is the mother of invention, Yitz Jordan is the father of self-actualization. The 42-year-old Brooklyn activist, web developer …
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Last year, I spoke with a group of Israelis studying for master’s degrees in American Jewish Studies at Haifa University. They were on a two-week …