Race

What Does the End of Racism Look Like?

The question was simple: “What would the world look like if there was no more racism?” I turned to my ...

MLK Day: My Second Birthday

Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday. The ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...

Navigating Jewish and American Slavery Narratives

As Jews, we know about the power of narrative. The slavery narrative presented in the Book of Exodus and retold ...

5 Commitments to Make in Honor of the MLK Holiday

Fifty years ago, the images of the violent beatings of non-violent marchers beginning their walk from Selma to Montgomery marked a ...

When White Rabbis Talk About Race

White rabbis are talking about race. Over the last few years, sermons about race and racial issues have come to ...

Praying with My Feet Because #BlackLivesMatter

What was it like to walk in the wilderness from Egypt to the Promised Land?In my own life and in ...

On Passing and Not Trying to Pass

I am black, and I am Jewish.I’ve always found comfort in the and of my identity — that simple part ...

My Daughter is as Beautiful as a Doll

This is the first in a short series about adoption and multiracial Jewish families that Be’chol Lashon will be running ...

Purim in Paradise, from Nashville to the Caribbean

Imagine Purim by the crystal clear and warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. No need for warm costumes or shoveling ...