Compiled by Rabbi Julie Zupan and April Baskin
The following organizations, articles, books and digital materials serve as resources for congregations and other institutions to continue the work of embracing diversity in our communities:
Organizations
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Articles and Blog Posts
An ongoing series in the Forward, “In Jewish Color”
“White Like Me: A Woman Rabbi Gazes into the Mirror of American Racism,” by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb
“The Changing Face of Jewish Identity: Inside, Outside, and Other” by Yavilah McCoy
“Kimchee on the Seder Plate” by Rabbi Angela Warnick-Buchdahl
“They Needed Parents and We Needed Children” by Rabbi Victor Appell
“For The Sin of Prejudice: Growing Up Jewish as a Person of Color” by Rafael Lev
“17 Things Black Jews are Tired of Hearing” by Amana Ariel
“The Origins of ‘Privilege,’” by Joshua Rothman
“Why We Must Work to Undo Racism as Jews” by Rabbi Ellen Lippman
“What Its Like for Non-White Jews During the High Holidays” by Carol Kuruvilla
"10 Rules for Engagement for White Jews Joining the #BlackLivesMatter Movement" by Rabbi Susan Talve and Sarah Barasch-Hagans
Books
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, revised and expanded 3rd edition by Paul Kivel
“Why White Parents Don’t Talk About Race” in NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity by Eric L. Goldstein
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander with study guides
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson with study guide from RAC Reads
Waking Up White by Debby Irving with study guide from RAC Reads
Between the World and Me by Te-Nehisi Coates
“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
ELI Talks/Ted Talks
Ilana Kaufman, Who Counts? Race and the Jewish Future
Abby Knopp, Dignity of Difference: A Place for Everyone at the Shabbat Table
Verna Myers, How to Overcome Our Biases
Racial Justice Advocacy Resources
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ)
