How Jews are celebrating Juneteenth
The holiday will feature joint gatherings of Black and Jewish groups, and talks by Black Jews and others
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Opinion Not just a second Passover: Juneteenth’s unfinished journey
More than sharing legacies, Jews can mark the holiday by working toward Black empowerment
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News ‘Delightfully uncomfortable’: Commemorating Juneteenth at 3 Shabbat events
Jews of color lead gatherings in Atlanta, New York and Washington, D.C.
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News Celebrate a Jewish Juneteenth at these events
Jewish organizations are observing the holiday with healing, reflection and a renewed commitment to fighting racism.
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Opinion Here’s what really happened on Juneteenth
And here's why it’s time for supremacists and their sympathizers to surrender
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News How are Jews celebrating Juneteenth?
Last summer, amid national protests against racism and police brutality following the murder of George Floyd, many Jewish organizations hosted their first Juneteenth events. This year, American Jews are making the holiday an annual tradition, and observing it in a myriad of ways — from organizing Shabbat services, to hosting virtual panels to scheduling time…
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Community A Juneteenth Haggadah for a new ritual meal
As Black Lives Matter demonstrations are being held across the globe with unusually large numbers of participants of different colors and ages, we are also witnessing an increasing awareness of the continuing impact of our shared histories of slavery and colonialism and their aftermaths. Ignited by the police brutality against persons of color, many people…
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News ‘Juneteenth this year is a whole new ballgame’ — 9 Black Jews on the holiday of liberation
Juneteenth celebrates one of the most important events in American history: the end of slavery. June 19, 1865, was Galveston, Texas, finally freed its enslaved people — the last place in the United States to do so. Now, 155 years later, the country is convulsed by a critical conversation about the systemic racism that is…
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