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News A police crackdown in a Black neighborhood paved the way for a Jewish resurgence
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in July, 2020. If you want to come to grips with the way race, injustice and real estate intertwine in America today, a good…
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News New publication centered on Jews of color set to launch on “erev Juneteenth”
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in June, 2020. In the summer of 2010, Yitz Jordan, a hip-hop artist and activist, and Shais Rishon, an Orthodox rabbi and writer, attended…
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Culture Documentary explores the “Shared Legacies” of America’s Black and Jewish communities
In March of 1968, in the throes of the American Civil Rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attended the conservative movement’s annual Rabbinical Assembly convention in the Catskills to honor one of his closest friends and collaborators, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Upon arrival, King and Heschel were greeted by hundreds of rabbis lining the…
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News Brandeis U. Press and a historian split over how to talk about Jews and white supremacy
Marc Dollinger’s book, “Black Power, Jewish Politics,” sold more than expected in this year of racial reckoning, and by September, there were only 150 copies left. Since the police killing of George Floyd in May, Dollinger and his book have been in high demand in liberal Jewish communities grappling with structural racism. Dollinger, a historian…
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News After an online ‘onslaught’ over exhibit on racial justice, a Florida Holocaust museum vows not to back down
In late November, the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida sparked outrage when it opened its current exhibition, “Uprooting Prejudice: Faces of Change.” The bilingual exhibit, which runs through Jan. 31, consists of 45 large-format, black-and-white photo portraits. Chicago photographer John Noltner, a native of Minnesota, was inspired to take the shots in…
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News A case of ‘museum-going while Black’ tests the Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ new director
In 2015, Matthew Teitelbaum left Toronto to head one of Boston’s foremost cultural institutions, the august 150-year-old Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). From the start, he wanted to see a significant culture shift. He was well on his way to accomplishing that when a racial incident threatened to derail his best efforts, and intentions….
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News Protesters gather outside home of Jewish developer to block purchase of landmark Black mall
A dispute between Black community organizers and a developer who is poised to buy a beloved shopping mall brought scores of protesters to a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles on Sunday, where they gathered outside the developer’s home to pressure him to back out of the deal. The developer, Asher Abehsera of the real…
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News ‘Prosecute killer cops’ or ‘F*ck the Jew, kill the cop’? Misheard BLM chant shared by extremist Jewish group’s leader
“Fuck the Jew, kill the cop.” That’s what Meir HaLevi Weinstein suggested Los Angeles protesters were shouting on Sunday. They were really chanting, “Prosecute killer cops” — a common protest chant. Weinstein — self-proclaimed leader of the North America wing of the Jewish Defense League, a militant organization that has been designated a hate group…
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