Black jews

America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update on new PBS series featuring Henry Louis Gates

The series explores key moments in the histories of Black and Jewish Americans, and how those moments ran parallel and crossed paths over the past five centuries.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/ JTA
Historian and host Henry Louis Gates Jr. attends a seder in “Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History.”
Shmuel Legesse at his wedding at The Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst in Cedarhurst, NY, June 8, 2014.

Message for Netanyahu: Let Ethiopian Jews represent Israel, not just clean its offices - opinion

We are wasting precious voices our people desperately need. No recogniton that an Ethiopian Jew might be an asset to Israel’s diplomacy in Africa and the English-speaking world.

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE
Somaliland Navy members participate in a parade celebrating the 33rd anniversary of their Independence in Hargeisa, Somaliland on May 18, 2024.

A Black African Jew to UN and African Union: Israel just did your job in Somaliland - opinion

For over 30 years, Somaliland has behaved like a responsible state without being treated as one. And what have the UN and the AU done? Missions and communiqués about Somalia’s territorial integrity.

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 18: Director, writer and producer Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum attend the photocall for "Blink Twice" at IET London on August 18, 2024 in London, England.

 Is Zoë Kravitz Jewish? Here's what we know about Channing Tatum's fiancé

Kravitz is the daughter of two parents who have nearly identical cultural backgrounds.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Annamie Paul wants to be the first Black-Jewish leader of a Canadian party

Paul is a lawyer who has dedicated her career to public affairs.

JUNE 18, 2020ByILANA BELFER/ JTA
Annamie Paul is trying to make Canadian Jewish history

How I learned to love myself as a Black Jew

Even though I am not consciously thinking about all of my identities every second of every day, they all inform the way I lead my life and the ways in which the world sees and interacts with me.

JUNE 18, 2020ByAVIVA DAVIS/JTA
How I learned to love myself as a Black Jew