african american Archives – Jewish Journal

From Christian to Muslim to Rabbinical Student

Deborah Danan August 28, 2019

How Apartheid Cost a South African Television Writer His Judaism

Ariel Sobel July 31, 2019

A taste of Black history and a side of Jewish culture

Naomi Pfefferman March 30, 2017

For black Jews, Obama represented an America of multiple identities

Jewish Journal January 9, 2017

On Election Day 2008, Marcella White Campbell remembers her 4-year-old son playing in front of the TV, repeating the name of the man who would soon become the first African-American president of the United States.

How do we regain black-Jewish love?

David Suissa February 24, 2016

Of all the complicated issues running through American Jewish life, one of the most complicated is surely the relationship between Jews and African-Americans, which has frayed in recent years. A key question for both communities as we go forward is: How can we inject more love into the relationship?

Watts: The day the mirror cracked

Raphael J. Sonenshein August 5, 2015

Late last month, a University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted for murder for the unprovoked killing of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed African-American motorist, the most recent in a spate of high-profile deadly encounters between police and African-Americans across the country.