How a pair of visionary Jews found a link between Jewish and Native American cultures
Even though poet Jerome Rothenberg is gone, his collaboration with composer Charlie Morrow goes on
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Opinion Beyond the myths, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah share stories of resistance
This week, families across the country will gather for Thanksgiving feasts, followed by Hanukkah three days later. Harvest feasts are traditional for the Native peoples of this continent, but do Thanksgiving and Hanukkah merit a week and a half of celebration? A deeper look at each holiday demands greater introspection. Thanksgiving is positioned in the…
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Opinion The ‘tomahawk chop’ is racist. So why are my fellow Jews still supporting it?
At Shabbat dinner Frank LaMere, a HoChunk Nation Elder and lifelong Native American Rights Activist, implored those gathered to “do something about those Braves.” I hosted this particular Shabbat dinner in Atlanta in 2016 at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. The event featured Native and Jewish leaders as well as elected officials….
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Community Waking up to the parallels between the American Indian Boarding School system and the Holocaust
As a grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I grew up hearing about the unfathomable conditions the Jews endured while in concentration camps or in hiding. I learned about the numbers tattooed on my Papa’s arm from Auschwitz, my Bubbie’s stories of caring for the younger girls in her camp, and why my mom never had her…
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News A Jewish charity donates COVID supplies to Native Americans
In late April, 2,000 surgical masks and 1,000 medical-grade plastic face shields arrived on the reservation of the Dine/Navajo Nation — enough to protect all medical personnel and first responders on the reservation. The unlikely sender? A half-Navajo, half-Jewish-led nonprofit. Indigenous Bridges forges relationships between diaspora Jewish communities and indigenous communities in North America, the…
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