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An African American Jew Journeys to Orthodoxy

Life is a journey for each of us. It’s full of twists and turns and sometimes things happen to us ...

Owning My Identities

Since I was a little kid growing up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, I’ve always known that I was somehow different ...

This Passover Choose Judaism

My wife and I are an interracial couple. I am a White, Ashkenazi Jewish man from New York. She is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shul Shopping for Diversity

Some people want to find the nearest fresh fruit and veggie stand. Other people seek out good, fast take-out Chinese. ...

Honoring Dad, Forgiving Myself for Rosh Hashanah

The Jewish month of Elul is a month of contemplation and introspection leading up to Rosh Hashanah. For Victoria Washington ...

An Afro-Ashkefardi Recipe For Rosh Hashanah

From black-eyed pea hummus spiked with homemade horseradish harissa to matzoh-meal fried chicken cooked in shmaltz, to peach noodle kugels ...