Recorded On:
May 10, 2022
SPEAKERS:
Rabbi Jonathon Crane
Christina Jefferson
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.
There is no doubt America was built by enslaved people. Though many argue whether anything is owed to their descendants, Judaism strongly disagrees.
Recorded On:
May 6, 2022
SPEAKERS:
Ilana Kaufman
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.
Experts meet at the nexus of diversity, faith, and American sociology to discuss how religious groups engage with identity and its intersection with race.
Recorded On:
June 22, 2021
Was the Jewish ethnic and religious revival of the late 1960s and 1970s inspired from the Black Power movement itself? Join this session to gain a very different understanding of a Black-Jewish alliance.
Recorded On:
June 10, 2021
SPEAKERS:
Erik Ludwig, Ph.D.
Sasha Dominguez
Why does race matter? Explore how colorblindness and perceptions of caring inform the way we think about community. Building on the narratives of Latinx students in Jewish schools, these experts take a bold stance on how intersectionality operates and why we should embrace it.
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May 18, 2021
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., esteemed scholar, author, and cultural and political pundit, engages in a compelling conversation about race in America with HUC students and President Andrew Rehfeld. Join us for this presentation to recontextualize your understanding of racial dynamics in the US from the perspective of Jewish texts.
Recorded On:
May 13, 2021
We often speak of American Jews in ways that elide their differences or that assume they are all Ashkenazi or white. But American Jews are characterized by vibrant ethnic and racial diversity that must be understood by those of us working to build inclusive Jewish communities. Through her sociological scholarship on Sephardic Jews in America and her own identity as a Latina immigrant, Dr. Bitton will help us consider what is required to nourish a Jewish American diversity project that is complex, rich, and compelling.
