This engaging and eye-opening book examines the historical and contemporary views on Jews and whiteness as well as the complexities of African/Jewish relations, the racial mix and disparate voices of the Jewish community, contemporary Jewish anti-racist and multicultural models, and the diasporic state of Jewish life in the United States.
This engaging and eye-opening book examines the historical and contemporary views on Jews and whiteness as well as the complexities of African/Jewish relations, the racial mix and disparate voices of the Jewish community, contemporary Jewish anti-racist and multicultural models, and the diasporic state of Jewish life in the United States.
Contents Preface A Note on Language Acknowledgments 1. Are Jews White? What's White The People of Contradictions Apartheid/American Style Jews: Race or Religion? Christian Centricity 2. Black/Jewish Imaginary and Real Real 1: The Black/Jewish Tangle Real 2: Am I Possible? Imaginary 1: Exodus Imaginary 2: Media Coverage Imaginary 3: Media Hype Real 3: Solidarity Real 4: Nationalism and Feminism 3. Who Is This Stranger? The Cultures of Jews Mizrahim Sephardim Post-Colonial Jews Feminist Ritual Ashkenazim De-Ashkenization U.S. Jews 4. Praying with Our Legs Fighting Slumlords, Building Coalitions: Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Chicago) Confronting Power in the Jewish Community: Jews United for Justice (St. Louis) Trying to Change Congregational Life: Jewish Community Action (Minneapolis) Bringing Our Bodies to the Picket Line: Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (New York) The Place to Go for a Progressive Jewish Voice 5. Judaism Is the Color of This Room The Temple of My Familiar: Ayecha (National) Crossing Many Borders: Ivri-NASAWI/Levantine Center (International) A Mixed Multitude: Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (Chicago) Respect and Knowledge: Beta Israel of North America (International) Hospitality Is the First Principle: Congregation Naharat Shalom (Albuquerque) Jews Were All People of Color: Center for Afro-Jewish Studies (Philadelphia) I Promised Them It Wasn't Going to Happen Again: Central Reform Synagogue (St. Louis) Jews of Color Speak Out Transformation in Partnership 6. Toward a New Diasporism If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem If I Forget Thee O Doikayt, O Haviva Ottomania Home Diasporism and the Holocaust Israel and Diasporism Anti-Semitism and Diasporism A Jewish Tradition: Radical Justice-Seeking To Change the Way Racism Is Fought: Shifting the Center Diasporism and the Colors of Jews Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Preface A Note on Language Acknowledgments 1. Are Jews White? What's White The People of Contradictions Apartheid/American Style Jews: Race or Religion? Christian Centricity 2. Black/Jewish Imaginary and Real Real 1: The Black/Jewish Tangle Real 2: Am I Possible? Imaginary 1: Exodus Imaginary 2: Media Coverage Imaginary 3: Media Hype Real 3: Solidarity Real 4: Nationalism and Feminism 3. Who Is This Stranger? The Cultures of Jews Mizrahim Sephardim Post-Colonial Jews Feminist Ritual Ashkenazim De-Ashkenization U.S. Jews 4. Praying with Our Legs Fighting Slumlords, Building Coalitions: Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Chicago) Confronting Power in the Jewish Community: Jews United for Justice (St. Louis) Trying to Change Congregational Life: Jewish Community Action (Minneapolis) Bringing Our Bodies to the Picket Line: Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (New York) The Place to Go for a Progressive Jewish Voice 5. Judaism Is the Color of This Room The Temple of My Familiar: Ayecha (National) Crossing Many Borders: Ivri-NASAWI/Levantine Center (International) A Mixed Multitude: Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (Chicago) Respect and Knowledge: Beta Israel of North America (International) Hospitality Is the First Principle: Congregation Naharat Shalom (Albuquerque) Jews Were All People of Color: Center for Afro-Jewish Studies (Philadelphia) I Promised Them It Wasn't Going to Happen Again: Central Reform Synagogue (St. Louis) Jews of Color Speak Out Transformation in Partnership 6. Toward a New Diasporism If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem If I Forget Thee O Doikayt, O Haviva Ottomania Home Diasporism and the Holocaust Israel and Diasporism Anti-Semitism and Diasporism A Jewish Tradition: Radical Justice-Seeking To Change the Way Racism Is Fought: Shifting the Center Diasporism and the Colors of Jews Notes Bibliography Index
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