African Americans
500 Black Christian leaders arrive in Israel for 'Unfinished Business' pilgrimage
The delegation arrived on Thursday to fulfill a pilgrimage envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967, nearly six decades after his planned visit was canceled.
Black and Jewish youth build bridges through basketball, on the court and beyond
Two museums, one mission: Preparing young leaders to confront antisemitism and racism
‘Facing the Middle East’ examines Iran’s repression, black-Jewish solidarity, regional war risks
Amar’e Stoudemire pleads for end to African-American antisemitism
Former Hapoel Jerusalem and NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire pleaded for an end to antisemitism in the African-American community in a video he posted to his Instagram account on Saturday.
Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African-Americans
“Combating hate is the most urgent call of our time,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism said.
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.
