How Franz Kafka can help us understand the history of segregation in America
In Kafka's work, scholars have found a connection to the Black experience in the 20th century
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Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in July, 2020. In the two months since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, American Jewish day schools have begun to rethink how…
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