Embracing Racial Diversity in Our Synagogues: Who Are Jews of Color (JOC)
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Who are Jews of Color (JOC)?
Jews of Color is a pan-ethnic term that is used to identify Jews whose family origins are originally in African, Asian or Latin-American countries. Jews of Color may identify as Black, Latino/a, Asian-American or of mixed heritage such as biracial or multi-racial.
Due to several factors, Mizrachi and Sephardi Jews from North African and Arab lands vary in whether or not they self-identify as “Jews of Color.”
How do Jews of Color Join the Jewish Community?
Jews of Color join the Jewish community in a variety of ways, including: birth, transracial/transnational adoption, and conversion. In addition, the Jewish community includes many People of Color (POC) who join the Jewish community through family ties, i.e. through interfaith marriage, but who retain their own faith-identity.
How Many Jews are Jews of Color?
The Steinhardt Social Research Institute’s American Jewish Population Project reports that 11% of Jews in the United States are Jews of Color.
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Honoring the Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Over the past few months, I have been thinking a lot about our country and the world we live in. As I wrestle with the world as it is and hope and work towards the world that I want to see, the kind of world that I want to leave to my children and their children, I have asked myself big questions that I do not have answers to.
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Reflections on a Special Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
This year, the national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 20 feels especially profound. For only the third time since the holiday's creation, it will coincide with a presidential inauguration.
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Ensuring Voices are Heard and Votes Counted
I enjoyed text-banking Ohio voters about the Citizens Not Politicians amendment through the RAC’s non-partisan Every Voice, Every Vote campaign. I felt that I was doing my part to repair the world while I was empowered by engaging with voters.
