(JTA) — Gugulethu Moyo’s speech this week at a conference for staff members at American Jewish museums was supposed to help chart an optimistic future for the field. Moyo had planned to talk about how to cultivate leaders from marginalized groups in museums, drawing on her experience as the first Jew of color to head a…
The high holidays are a great time for reflection, community, spirituality, and celebration. But for many Jews of color, parents and partners from other faith traditions and those experiencing Judaism for the first time, it is also a time to stay on high alert. Many will have had their Rosh Hashanahs marred by shattering experiences…
Dear Roman Banks, Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why: because today, today you’re you, and you’re making Broadway history. 20-year-old Roman Banks only made his professional acting debut a few months ago, but today he’ll be the first actor who is a person of color to play the title role…
A Republican Jewish congressional candidate in New Jersey who once said “diversity is a bunch of crap” again sparked outrage when he compared the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the lynching of “innocent Jewish and black men.” Seth Grossman, who according to a recent poll is trailing Democrat Jeff Van…
“Girls Trip” breakout star and former Bar Mitzvah party dancer Tiffany Haddish continued to steal hearts across America this week on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” speaking about times she was happy not to be cast. (She also spoke, at length, about whale watching, but that’s another article.) In two radically different examples, Haddish spoke…
Two murals at the University of Iowa celebrating diversity were graffitied with Nazi symbols, local station WQAD reported Wednesday. The first incident was reported last week and the second on Sunday, according to police. These are not the first incidences of Nazi or far-right activity on campus. White supremacist fliers were distributed in an Iowa…
Last week, election winners across the country broke glass ceilings and made history. Danica Roem became the first transgender person elected to a state legislature. Michelle De La Isla became the first Hispanic mayor of Topeka, Kansas. Ravi Bhalla, a Sikh man, was elected mayor in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sheila Oliver became the first Black…
At the annual conference of the Jewish Funders Network in Atlanta last month, a panel of Jewish women spoke about perceptions of race among American Jews — and their own experiences facing racism. “I’ve had a very racialized experience in the U.S. I’ve been called a monkey, accused of cheating on tests and told my…
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