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How Many More Years Of Slaves?

This morning, my friend and co-worker Nonnie asked me if I had seen the Oscars. I told her I had ...

The Poetry of Jewish Black Identity

I became Bar Mitzvah on April 20th, 2002, the 130th anniversary of Hitler’s birth. My dad’s side of the family ...

“Kosher Soul” Shabbat

If you could only cook three dishes for Shabbat dinner what would they be?This was the question we posed to ...

The Whipping Man

By Education Fellow Reva FrankelTomorrow brings the end of Black History Month. Most often when we discuss the Jewish connection ...

Wrestling with History in an Old Cemetery

Since moving to Mississippi ten years ago, I have been continually struck by the state’s rich but complicated history. One ...

Taking The Plunge

It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...

The Lost Afikoman

Moshe Kasher is a stand-up comedian and the author of Kasher In The Rye: The True Tale Of A White Boy ...

Exile, Authenticity and Truth

There is an oft quoted description of Torah being a combination of black fire and white fire and, perhaps surprisingly, ...