Jews of Color

Jewish Asians Discussion was TERRIFIC!

I wish you all could have been there on Sunday, but truthfully, we couldn’t have squeezed another body in the room. The panelists, Bill Schaff, Trang Robinson, Robert Bernardo and Joshua Mates, shared stories, insights and suggestions with the crowd. I hope you’ll come to another event. (We have Jewish and Black coming up in…

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Black and Jewish

Hear a panel of local Black Jews (born Jewish or converted) discuss the challenges they meet daily and ways that we, their fellow Jews, can be better advocates, allies, and family members. What are the funny stories? What are the annoying ones? Join us for a thoughtful and intimate conversation about how it feels to…

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Photo Exhibit: Scattered Among the Nations

(Image copyright, Bryan Schwartz, 2001, all rights reserved, and may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of the artist.) Temple Sinai in Oakland will display dozens of large format, color portraits of Jews from seven of the world’s most isolated Jewish communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Scattered Among the…

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What do Jews Look Like?

What do Jews Look Like? Black Jews, Asian Jews, Latino Jews, we tend to see them as exotic, from somewhere far away. But there are Black Jews, Asian Jews and Latino Jews sitting right next to you – in synagogue, in a restaurant, at the theater, on a park bench. Rabbi Mates-Muchin, a Chinese Jew,…

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