Jews of color
The 10 most significant Jewish news stories of 2022
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2022
(RNS) — Though dogged by a pernicious antisemitic wave, the news from the Jewish world had its share of hopeful moments.
A pioneering Shabbat service marks a new way to observe Jewish Juneteenth
By Yonat Shimron — June 19, 2022
(RNS) —The Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat was the first Jewish service organized and led by Jews of color to mark the annual celebration of freedom that is now a federal holiday.
Study: Jews of color love Judaism but often experience racism in Jewish settings
By Yonat Shimron — August 12, 2021
(RNS) — The study was intended to foreground the racial diversity of American Jews, a group long assumed to be overwhelmingly white, and to give voice to the experiences of Jews of other races.
The attack on Althea Bernstein is an attack on all people
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 29, 2020
(RNS) — A Black, Jewish woman is attacked. Of course, it matters.
Rabbi Sandra Lawson on how not to treat Jews of color
By Yonat Shimron — June 25, 2020
(RNS) — “When someone looks different, that is not the time to ask a bunch of personal questions. It’s a time to say, ‘Welcome. Thank you so much for coming,’” says Rabbi Sandra Lawson of Elon University.
Report: US Jews of color overlooked and undercounted
By Yonat Shimron — May 23, 2019
(RNS) — A perception that Jews are white keeps many nonwhite Jews from fully participating in Jewish communal life, whether attending worship, joining a Jewish Community Center or attending a Jewish school.
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