Books (I recommend 1977Books):
- Isabel Wilkerson - "Caste" - amazon.com/Caste-Origins-Discontents-Isabel-Wilkerson/dp/0593230256
- Ta-Nehisi Coates - "Between the World and Me" - amazon.com/Between-World-Me-Ta-Nehisi-Coates/dp/0451482212
- Maya Angelou - "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" - amazon.com/Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/0345514408
Essays:
- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel - "Religion and Race" (1963) - blackpast.org/african-american-history/1963-rabbi-abraham-joshua-heschel-religion-and-race/
- James Baldwin's Pin-Drop Speech - youtu.be/NUBh9GqFU3A
- EJI's "Reconstruction in America" - https://eji.org/report/reconstruction-in-america/
- Robin DiAngelo on "White Fragility"- youtu.be/Qx-gUfQx4-Q
- Zioness Book Club with Professor Marc Dollinger, author of Black Power, Jewish Politics - youtu.be/hs3KteDcaA0 (& CodeSwitch's interview with Pr. Dollinger's about his book)
- Karen L. Cox on TedEd's "Debunking the myth of the Lost Cause: A lie embedded in American history" - youtu.be/XP0_wnaW-a0
- Black Lives Matter and the Jewish Community: A Discussion with Eric Ward and Carly Pildis - rabbicreditor.blogspot.com/2020/07/black-lives-matter-and-jewish-community.html
Text Studies:
- Jewish Perspectives on Racial Justice - werepair.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Jewish-Perspectives-on-Racial-Justice.pdf
- The Talmud of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - werepair.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Talmud-of-MLK.pdf
More In-Depth Resources:
- 163 years of The Atlantic’s writing on race and racism in America
- Selected John Lewis Resources
- The Color of Law & The Segregation Myth Resources
Organizations:
- Equal Justice Initiative - eji.org/
- Southern Poverty Law Center - splcenter.org/
- Color of Change - colorofchange.org/
- UJA-Federation Racial Justice Resources - ujafedny.org/racial-justice
On August 3, 2020, I posted "I'm building a Racial Justice curriculum & looking for the best articles/reflections/resources by and about Jews of Color? Recommendations?" Here's some of what people suggested:
Websites/Orgs:
- jewsofcolorinitiative.org/
- jewishsocialjustice.org
- jewishmultiracialnetwork.org
- ammud.org/
- globaljews.org/
- theyaintreadyforme.com/
Resources/Texts/Essays/Articles:
- "My Black Skin" by Dena Robinson in Lilith
- Translating Black Lives Matter into Yiddish byAnthony Russell
- Source sheet created by Rabbi Shawn Zevit: https://mishkan.org/.../6-23_final_ks06.20_for_website.pdf
- "Shalhevet Institute Explores Black and Orthodox Jewish Identities" By Evan Henerson in Jewish Journal
- Speak Torah to Power: "Resilience Through the Practice of Lament" by Dr. Koach Frazier
- https://www.lilith.org/articles/fall-1976-52/
Related Resources:
- BEFORE WE SCOLD DESEAN JACKSON AND OTHERS FOR ANTI-SEMITISM WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ‘CHOSENNESS’ - https://religiondispatches.org/before-we-scold-desean-jackson-and-others-for-anti-semitism-we-need-to-talk-about-chosenness/
