African-American
How Kosher is “Kosher Soul?”
What could be funnier than a black man marrying a white woman?Before you say “Loving v. Virginia,” hold on, there’s ...
Does “Selma” Deserve an Oscar? Ask Butch and Sundance
With the Wild West fading and the railway men closing in, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid head for the ...
Created In G-d’s Image
L’chaim- to life, but to celebrate without knowing, would merely divert those from seeing my true being. You see, what ...
For Afro-Yiddish Performer, the Past is not Past
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…”When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain he ...
“Selma” A Jewish Take
This week I had the privilege of viewing an early showing of Selma , a movie about the historical events that ...
My Magen David, My Identity
My daughter Maya and I had been walking along 125th Street in Harlem, past the larger-than-life statue of Adam Clayton Powell, ...
#BlackLivesMatter, A Jewish View
Black Lives Matter, on the first night of Hanukkah and also on the second night, the third night and every ...
From Ferguson Child, to Cop, to Criminal Attorney
When I think about Ferguson, Missouri I think about the Star Wars Trilogy. I spent every summer between the ages ...
Defusing the Racial Timebomb
Over the last few weeks, as America waited for the Grand Jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown and ...
My Christian Great-Grandmother, My Jewish Inspiration
Beatrice W. Hudson, known to me as Be Be, was my great-grandmother. She was one of the strongest, and most ...