Posts Tagged: Jewish Black Relations
How Zionists Helped Defeat Segregation
This year, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day will be commemorated just before the 75th anniversary of a remarkable but little-known campaign by American Zionists and...
When Jews Helped Triumph Over Anti-Black Racism
On Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, Jewish immigrant impresario Sol Hurok teamed with African-American contralto Marian Anderson to score a victory over prejudice. On the steps...
Jewish Racial Relations and the Heyday of New York Sports
For New Yorkers, the pinnacle of “the golden age” of sports came after World War II. The Yankees won five straight World Series, and the...
Jewish Scholars and the Tangled History of Race Relations
Bruno Bettelheim survived pre-war Dachau and Buchenwald to come to the US, where he won acclaim as a psychoanalytic authority on concentration camp victims and...
The ADL and #BlackLivesMatter
Like many fellow Jews, I fought for black voting and civil rights in the 1960s. I participated in sit-ins, marched, traveled to Mississippi, and was...
Unlikely Teammates: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and His Jewish Manager (INTERVIEW)
Standing behind the podium of the 2013 NAACP Image Awards is a man in a tux with a red tie whose smooth, dark skin is...
New York Assemblyman Hikind Apologizes Over Controversial Purim Costume
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who initially defended himself, has now expressed regret over a Purim costume he wore Sunday that some...
Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr’s Bond With Israel
San Francisco Gate - The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. understood the meaning of discrimination and oppression. He sought ways to achieve liberation and...
A Tale of Mutual Empathy: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
In Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, an exhibition aptly opening on Martin Luther King Day will highlight a historical moment of mutual respect and...
