Robin Washington is the Forward’s Editor-at-Large. A longtime editor, columnist, radio host and documentarian across mainstream and ethnic media, he was one of the founders of the Alliance of Black Jews and an early pioneer of the term “Jew of color.” Email [email protected], Twitter @robinbirk.
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By Robin Washington
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Opinion A Black and a white Jew discuss: Chris Rock uses the N-word. Here’s why Jews don’t use the k-word
Two veteran Jewish journalists — one Black, one white — discuss the Netflix special 'Selective Outrage' and historically charged terms
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A year of war and hope in Ukraine Jewish professor who fled Soviet Union runs program tutoring 3,000 Ukrainian high schoolers
‘The only way that I could help was to do what I do my whole life, and that is teaching’
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'I just want people to come to Shabbos services and say, ‘This is normal,'' said Eric Freedman, president of Newark’s Congregation Ahavas Sholom
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Opinion Former Israeli cop on ‘former officers’ in Memphis and the failure of police reform
‘The constant push for more cops rather than better cops will generate similar images over and over again,’ said Maria Haberfeld, a criminal justice professor who also served in a counter-terrorism unit of the Israeli Defense Forces
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Fast Forward Asian American Jewish group plans Wednesday event responding to mass shootings in California
‘May you find spaces to grieve, heal, cry, rant, whatever you need,’ group’s founder says
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Opinion Hebrew Israelites: Facts, myths and reflections
Kanye West and Kyrie Irving brought the headlines. Now two Black scholars bring the truth
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Opinion Unpacking Kanye and Kyrie: Condemn antisemitic acts, but don’t destroy Black men
There are many layers to antisemitic tweets — including a degree of truth behind some assertions
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Opinion The teenage trauma of being forced to work on Rosh Hashanah — at a shul
Being a ticket-taker at a popular theater was a fun way to spend a summer. But then the High Holidays came. And the manager asked me to rip tickets, not caring that I was Jewish
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