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Cool Jewish Events: Screening of Film, "The Name My Mother Gave Me"

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Trailer: Event: Screening of “The Name My Mother Gave Me”Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010Time: 7:30pmPlace: JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street, New York, NY 10023Admission: $8/$10 Dir. by Eli Tal-El (56 min, Israel, 2008) We follow Ethiopian and Russian Israelis who meet at a leadership training program in Israel. Their year of… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Screening of Film, "The Name My Mother Gave Me"

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Mini-Movie Review: Off and Running

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At the beginning of the documentary, “Off and Running,” Avery Klein-Cloud seems like just your regular, average Brooklyn teen. She’s a pretty, athletic, self-assured African-American teenager. She’s a top member of the Erasmus High School track team with the prospect of college scholarships in her future. She comes from a happy, stable family, comprised of… Continue reading Mini-Movie Review: Off and Running

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2010 Be’chol Lashon Media Awards/For Excellence in Reporting on Global Judaism

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2010 Be’chol Lashon Media Awards For Excellence in Reporting on Global Judaism Write about Jews Around the World – Win $1,000 Deadline: February 26, 2010NO ENTRY FEE (NEW! Nominate your favorite article from the past year. Prizes include a Be’chol Lashon T-shirt or keychain flashlight. Now, you best me nominating your favorite pieces from this… Continue reading 2010 Be’chol Lashon Media Awards/For Excellence in Reporting on Global Judaism

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Black and Jewish: African American Jewish Identities in the Early Twenty-First Century

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Black and Jewish: African American Jewish Identities in the Early Twenty-First Century Dr. Jamie Wilson is partnering with Be’chol Lashon on his upcoming book, Black and Jewish: African American Jewish Identities in the Early Twenty-First Century. It will be a collection of autobiographical narratives that expands the definition of what it means to be Jewish… Continue reading Black and Jewish: African American Jewish Identities in the Early Twenty-First Century

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Dominican? Jewish?

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Well why haven’t you joined the Facebook group, silly? 🙂 Check out: “Dominican Jews…. cuantos somos?“ We’re at 44 members!

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Rabbi Marc Angel on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination within the Jewish People

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Ah, just unearthed these words of wisdom in an email from a fan. Sorry it’s so late and doesn’t relate to this week’s parsha but its message is anything but old. Racial/Ethnic Discrimination? Thoughts on Parashat Shofetim…BY RABBI MARC D. ANGEL (Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New… Continue reading Rabbi Marc Angel on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination within the Jewish People

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Cool Jewish Events: Inside Jewish India/Matzah & Chutney: Jewish in Mumbai

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Event: Inside Jewish India/Matzah & Chutney: Jewish in MumbaiDate: Thursday, February 4th, 2010Time: 7-10pmPlace: Tantric India Bistro, 123 Stuart St., Boston, MA 02116Admission free.Must RSVP: tahliaos AT jdcny DOT org or call 212-885-0811

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You don’t look…

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An improvised joke I made at a recent speaking engagement…. I spent the first 26 years being told “funny, you don’t look Dominican” and I’ll spend the next 36 being told “funny, you don’t look Jewish.” Since I am Dominican and Jewish, clearly I look nothing but puro Jewminicana. What do I have to get… Continue reading You don’t look…

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But why don’t you just tell people you’re Dominican?

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Someone suggested that when I go to any Jewish function, I should just give everyone a two-minute bio about myself so that people will stop staring and acting totally bizarre if they think I don’t “look Jewish.” But often when I tell Jews that my family is from the Dominican Republic (and I was born… Continue reading But why don’t you just tell people you’re Dominican?

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Cool Jewish Events: The Black Jew Diaglogues

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The Black Jew Dialogues Kicks Off 2010 Nationwide Tour in New York City The Black Jew Dialogues, the social-justice comedy that has been taking college campuses across America by storm, will kick off its 2010 nationwide tour in New York City with performances at LREI High School in Manhattan on January 12 and Temple Israel… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: The Black Jew Diaglogues