African Americans
Two museums, one mission: Preparing young leaders to confront antisemitism and racism
In Washington, a politically diverse cohort of students and interns encountered Holocaust and African American history - and left with a mandate to act.
‘Facing the Middle East’ examines Iran’s repression, black-Jewish solidarity, regional war risks
United against hate: Why Black and Jewish communities in America must stand together
Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86
Actress Tiffany Haddish celebrates her Judaism in lavish ‘Black Mitzvah’
The daughter of an Eritrean Jew, Haddish found out relatively late in life that she was Jewish but has embraced these Jewish roots in recent years.
Congressman Elijah Cummings' legacy carries on in Israel
“I want to send a message that we cannot as African-Americans progress without coalitions, and our greatest coalition partner has been the Jewish people in America,” cummings told WBALTV 11 in May.
Book review: Thinking of suburbs as radical
Amanda Kolson Hurley says suburbs were sites of experimentation – and could be again
New whiskey honors slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey
Nathan Green may have helped perfect the Lincoln County Process.
‘F*** Jews,’ white Alabama teens say in video that slurs black people, too
A video showing white high school students in Alabama using racist slurs about blacks and Jews and talking about the Holocaust was posted on social media.
Bald black woman? Israeli scientists make the leap towards a cure
One in 20 black females suffers from hair-loss, after seven years of research, Israeli scientists find the gene responsible for it.
Trump marks National African-American History Month
In his proclamation, US President Donald Trump mentions noted African-Americans like Aretha Franklin and Annie Turnbo Malone.
MLK honored by American Zionist Movement
"I solemly pledge to do my utmost to uphold the fair name of the Jews- because bigotry in any form is an affront to us all" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Saying 'I've been used,' Kanye West distances himself from politics
"My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in," West said.
African-American rabbi tackles racism in the Jewish community
One episode, in which Ariel confronted an Orthodox New York assemblyman over wearing a blackface costume,is a “verbatim” recollection of a conversation that Rishon had with a real politician.
