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Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 11 Intersecting Identities: Jews of Diverse Racial & Ethnic Backgrounds

As a natural follow-up to the conversation with Black Jews, Boaz Hepner and Nate Looney gathered 14 Jews of color from a variety of different backgrounds, and had a conversation about their lived experiences.
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March 18, 2025
From left to right, top row: Lani Anpo, Boaz Hepner, Nate Looney, Eliana Jolkovsky, Raymond Roker.
2nd row: Mari Katz O’Leary, Iola Kostrzewski, Matthew Nouriel, Elizabeth Younger.
3rd row: Amy Albertson, Tabby Refael, Jenny Cohen, Aimee Lacaden.
Bottom row: Emily Bowen Cohen, Abraham Hamra, BournRich.

Episode 11 is here! This one was fun, insightful, and full of diverse perspectives. I sat down with 14 Jewish men and women from different racial and ethnic backgrounds—along with Nate Looney—to talk about their lived experiences. Just epic.

When asked to provide a label, this is how each guest self-identified:

Amy Albertson “Chinese-American Jew”

Lani Anpo “Native American Jew or Indijewness”

BournRich – “A Jew living the African American experience”

Emily Bowen Cohen – “Muscogee-Jewish”

Jenny Cohen – “Mexican Jew”

Abraham Hamra – “Syrian Jew”

Eliana Jolkovsky – “Korean-American Jew”

Mari Katz O’Leary – “Hispanic Jew”

Iola Kostrzewski – “Black Sephardic Jew”

Aimee Lacaden – “Pacific Islander, European, Jewish”

Matthew Nouriel – “Iranian Jew”

Tabby Refael – Iranian American Jew”

Raymond Roker – “Bahamian-American & Ashkenazi”

Elizabeth Younger – “Choctaw Native American Jew”

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE JEWS ARE NOT A MONOLITH!

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