Posts Tagged: Jews blacks
Jews Did Not Finance the Slave Trade; Here Is the Proof
Recently, a prominent figure in the Rochester city community named Cynthia Elliott made a statement to a parent group about an important topic. It was a...
Students for Justice in Palestine Spreads Anti-Israel Blood Libel
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Delaware recently hosted a Zoom event titled “The Deadly Exchange,” highlighting “the militarization of police...
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...
Jews Cannot Stay Silent Amid American Bigotry
I have written many times that non-Jews have no business telling Jews what is and is not antisemitic. That is why, for example, we reject...
Black Lives Matter: The Movement vs. The Goals
It’s hard for me to get behind the official Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. No, not my words, but the words of Barbara Reynolds, an...
Zionists Have Long Opposed American Racism
All decent people everywhere are outraged by the images of the murder of George Floyd. All voices must stand up against discrimination and racism. Interestingly, a...
Jews, African-Americans and Communism in Harlem
Before World War I, German sociologist Max Weber argued that “the Protestant ethic” had engendered “the spirit of capitalism.” His colleague, Werner Sombart, countered that...
How Zionists Helped Destroy Segregation in Baltimore
After a year when Jewish and African-American relations were strained by the Black Lives Matter's denunciation of Israel and other uncomfortable incidents, it’s worth recalling a little-known episode...
Detroit’s African-American Churches Rally for Israel
Several major African-American churches rallied in Detroit, Michigan, this week in support of Israel, evoking the historic black-Jewish alliance of the Civil Rights movement. Reverend Dr....
Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Destroys Dr. King’s Dream
As a young child living in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, I vividly remember gathering with the rest of the neighborhood kids...
