We Are Black Jews: Ethiopian Jewry and the Journey to Equality in Israel is a deeply moving memoir by Roni Fantanesh Malkai that blends personal experience with collective history. With honesty, clarity, and grace, Roni shares her own story, beginning with a perilous journey on foot from Ethiopia to Sudan as a child, and continuing […]
Jews of color are much in the news, but who are they and where do they come from? This talk explores the many ways that Jews of color come to and understand their Jewish identities, dispelling common misperceptions and answering questions about the experience of Jews of color in the United States. Sponsor: EMU Center […]
Join in a conversation with Shahanna McKinney-Baldon moderated by U-M Professor Bryan Roby. Shahanna McKinney-Baldon will discuss the story of Madame Goldye Steiner, the groundbreaking African American vocalist of the Harlem Renaissance era whose career spanned vaudeville, Yiddish theater, early jazz, and the “golden age” of Jewish cantorial singing, or khazones. McKinney-Baldon's research uncovers a […]
