Davis may have seemed like the poster boy for Black Jews, but he never carried that kind of clout within the Black Jewish world that I grew up in.
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so whether or not you have the holiday off, take some time this weekend to honor King’s legacy.
Some of the most popular Christmas tunes were written and/or sung by American Jews, notably the children of immigrants, like Irving Berlin, who composed the iconic ‘White Christmas.’
As a self-proclaimed ‘one-eyed black Jew,’ Sammy Davis Jr. didn’t have it easy. Tracey Davis explains in a new memoir that being his daughter could be tough too.