Jews of Color
An immigrant child’s trauma in a ‘Beautiful Country’
Qian Julie Wang is the author of The New York Times bestseller “Beautiful Country,” a moving memoir of her childhood as an undocumented Chinese immigrant in New York, written on her iPhone during her subway commute to her job as a lawyer. She is the founder and leader of the Jews of Color group at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, where she has spoken from the bima about her childhood and finding her spiritual home. One recent talk was her Haftorah interpretation of the Hannah story that she gave during Rosh Hashanah.
A German Jewish (and Latinx) perspective on Hispanic Heritage Month
Julian Voloj explains his German Jewish and Colombia roots for Hispanic Heritage Month.
‘Something beautiful to contribute’: For second year, Jews of color hold online High Holiday services
A year ago, as the pandemic raged with no end in sight and many Jews of color continued to report acts of exclusion in mainstream congregations, leaders of one multicultural Jewish group seized on an idea:
A Black Jewish poet’s call: High Holiday atonement means reckoning with racial injustice
Aaron Levy Samuels recites his poem, “Forgiveness,” in a moving video.
What do Jews of color really think — and who are they anyway?
Why is this study different from other studies? Read the Forward’s story on this groundbreaking report.
Largest study ever of Jews of color reports widespread discrimination
“Nobody has spoken to this many Jews of color about these topics,” said Gage Gorsky, who was part of the study’s research team.
In a first, Jew of color to lead major U.S. rabbinical school
“We’re not going to get the thriving Jewish communal life that we want only by playing the cards we’re dealt.”
Comic book-loving Ivy League grad runs 93 miles a week and is long shot Olympic hopeful
Jordan Mann – Manga maven, Jewish professional and Brown University alum – is hoping to make history at the steeplechase event in Tokyo.
Jewish community still striving to make good on racial justice pledges year after George Floyd murder
Jewish institutions began assessing themselves when, just over a year ago, a police officer in Minneapolis murdered George Floyd.
Black Orthodox Jews carve out their own space amid a national reckoning over race
Officially launched in December, Kamochah now has around 150 members from across the Orthodox spectrum.