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Here is TC Jewfolk’s full statement on how we are currently changing our strategies to elevate the voices of Black Jews (and all Jews of Color), as our mission and values demand. We apologize for our role in marginalizing JoCs who are members of our community and we are committed to doing better.
Finally, inclusion in this resource page does not imply an endorsement by TC Jewfolk/Jewfolk, Inc. and should not be taken as such. There may be links to causes or organizations below that do not fit with the thinking and/or values of every single member of our Twin Cities Jewish community. We encourage you to take a look at some of them regardless to best understand this complex situation.
Everyday Action
Upcoming Events (all events are listed at Central Time)
Attend an anti-harrassment training (Hollaback) Ongoing
Homeowners in the City of Minneapolis can learn about and discharge the racial covenants recorded on their properties by participating in the Just Deeds Project or participate in Free the Deeds, a public art project and equity campaign happening in September 2021.
Incorporate the Kaddish for Black Lives from Jewish Multiracial Network into your Shabbat
MPD 150: How You Can Help (MPLS, June 2020)
Contact your representatives and tell them to support the the Combating-Hate bill (HF 1691/SF 2003)
Vote! Request your absentee ballot to vote by mail or find out where to vote in person
Support the BREATHE Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Front Line Actions
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A cautionary note about attending or amplifying protest events: Anyone can create an event page. Before you share or go, find out who the organizers are. Checking their profile picture is not enough—does it look like a real account or a burner? Check to see who has shared that particular event. If the event is not organized/promoted by leaders within the affected community—or a reputable allied group—exercise extreme caution & skepticism. Attending any front line action always carries some personal risk. However, experienced organizers know how to identify, plan for, and mitigate risks. They are trained in deescalation tactics. If participants are anticipated to risk arrest event organizers should have bail or jail support prepared.
Volunteer Opportunities
Twin Cities Mutual Aid Project
Organizers to Follow
Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB)
Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence
Minnesota Disability Justice Network
Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar
Get Vaccinated / Get Tested for Covid (if you test positive or haven’t been tested but display symptoms, stay home)
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Participate Safely, Responsibly, and Respectfully
Communities United for Police Reform
Digital Security & Safety | Guide to Protesting
Map of self-service bike repair stations
Keep track of friends who may have been arrested
And always report racist discrimination
JCRC | MN Dept. of Human Rights | CAIR
Jewish Community & JoC-Led Orgs
Adath Jesurun Congregation’s Antiracism Committee
Beth Jacob Congregation’s Antiracism Position Statement
Black and Jewish Facebook Group
Black Jewish Liberation Collective
Edot: The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative
Evolve (an initiative of Recontructing Judaism)
via @liziegettinbusy
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Resources | Privilege Checklist | Organizational Assessment
Jews of Color Field Building Initiative
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
Racial Justice Resources | Pilot Racial Justice Framework
Joyous Justice: Diversity Coaching & Consulting
Let Justice Well Up (an initiative of Mayyim Hayyim)
Mount Zion Temple Tzedek Committee
Multiracial Jewish Association of Minnesota (MJA)
No Silence On Race (Canada-based)
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Hearts and Minds: A Model Discussion About Racial Justice
Shir Tikvah Racial Justice Task Force
Resource Sharing ($$$)
While we make every effort to ensure that we have linked to official pages that direct funds where they say they do, please do your own research and be aware that not all of the following are 501(c)3 organizations and your donation may not be tax-deductible. We believe these are groups deserving of support regardless of their tax status.
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Organizations to Support
Asian American Organizing Project
Asian Economic Development Association
Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL)
Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota
Little Earth Residents Association
Neighbors United Funding Collaborative
via @niaanntart
Northside Strong x McKinley Neighborhood Organization
Philando Castile Relief Foundation
Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment
The SEAD Project (Southeast Asian Diaspora Development)
The Somali Museum of Minnesota
Individual/Family Funds
Lifting Up Auvionna “Auvi” Smith
The Daunte Wright Sr. Memorial Fund
Resource Sharing (Goods & Services)
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MN Mental Health Providers of Color Database created by Larry Yang
Anti-Racist (Un)Learning Resources
Articles & Op Eds
5 Jews From Across the Country Share Why They Joined the Black Lives Matter Protests by Josefin Dolsten
Against Analogy by Ben Ratskoff
An opportunity to confront white supremacy and create a Jewish, intersectional future by Jared Jackson
Anti-Asian Violence Has Been Ignored For Too Long. Here’s How Jews Can Help. by Hanah Bloom
The Anti-Black And Anti-Semitic History Of “Outside Agitators” by It’s Going Down Staff
Arming Synagogues Will Make Them Less Safe – For Black Jews. Stop Erasing Us. by Bentley Addison
As a Jew of Color, I Need More People in My Community to Speak Up by Danielle Ziri
As Jews of Color, We Need You to Read This by Alma Staff
Asian Jews Are Suffering. We Need You to Listen. by Rebecca Kuss
Asian Jews Deserve Better by Gen Xia Ye Slosberg
Ashkenormativity Is a Threat to All Jewish Communities by Isaac Ofori-Solomon
Being a Black Jewish Woman in America on January 6 by Tova Ricardo
‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests by Josefin Dolsten
Black Jewish Woman Speaks out on Racism She Experienced at L.A. Jewish Day Schools by Chana Hall, Ariel Sobel
Black Jews Are Grieving, and We Need You to Help Us Mourn by Shekhiynah Larks
Black Jews Are Not a Monolith by Jesi Taylor Cruz
The Black Jews Are Tired by Chris Harrison
Black Jews to white Jews: Change your relationship with police by Ari Feldman
Checked Boxes by Shoshanna Hemley
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Dancing between Light and Shadow – Increasing Awareness of the Impact of Covid 19 Disparities on Jews of Color by Yavilah McCoy
Dear Jewish community – here’s what to do now by Jeremy Burton, Josh Sayles, Lindsey Mintz And Rori Picker Neiss
Dear Jewish Community: We Can’t Return to ‘Normal’ by Isaac Ofori-Solomon
Dear Jews, Black Lives Can’t Only Matter When You’re Criticizing The Movement by MaNishtana
Don’t Be Silent: Black Lives Matter, Say Black Jews by Sheree Curry
Exodus and Equity series by Lev Gringauz and guests
I Helped Coin the Term ‘Jews of Color.’ It’s Time for a History Lesson. by Shahanna McKinney-Baldon
I’m a Jew of color. I won’t be quiet about anti-Semitism. by Soraya Nadia McDonald
The Heavy Baggage that Comes With Being a Black Jewish Convert by Liyah Foye
The Jewish Community Has Some Reckoning to Do by Molly Safar
Jews of Color and the Policing of White Space by Rebecca Pierce
Jews of Color, Covid-19, Civil Unrest — An Argument for Inclusion by Nate Looney
Jews of Color Deserve Teshuva by Yoshi Silverstein
Jews for Racial Justice Move the Conversation About Police Brutality Into White Communities by Chris Crass & Marjorie Dove Kent
Jews Should Understand Why Black Americans Need Reparations Now by Lilli Sher
A Letter to the Jewish Community from an Asian American Jew by Mira Baum
A Love Letter to My Black Jewish Mom by Aviva Davis
My Black Father’s Legacy by Yaffy Newman
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Other by Naomi Bethune
Raising Asian Jewish Kids in the U.S. Has Never Been More Scary by Melody Muhlrad
Show Up In 2021 by Cassie Bean
Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism by by Eric K. Ward
Stepping Up: Reflections on How to Be an Antiracist by Sheree Curry
Things Must Change by Nyemadi Louise Dunbar, D.A. Bullock, & Melanie Walby
This Passover, Keeping Us Safe by Bekkah Scharf
Ways Your Congregation Can Act Now for Racial Justice by Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner
We Need to Stop Erasing Mizrahi Jews by Sarah Boxer
What It’s Like to Be a Black Jewish Writer by Natasha Díaz
What It’s Like to be a Trans Jewish Woman of Color by Dahlia St. Knives
What It’s Like to Grow Up As a Black Orthodox Jew by Sara Levine
What Non-Black Jews Can Do to Combat Anti-Black Racism by Clara Sophia Camber
Where Was the “Peace” 400 Years Ago? by Makeda Zabot-Hall
White Jews: Stop Calling Yourselves “White-Passing” by Nylah Burton
Why You Need to Care About Black Lives Matter by Aviva Davis
Books & Studies
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Shop at Black Garnet Books—Minnesota’s only Black- (and Women-) Owned bookstore; and/or at Birchbark Books & Native Arts!
9 Writers Who Perfectly Capture What It’s Like for Jews of Color by Nylah Burton
20 Books by Black Jewish Authors You Should Read by Emily Burack
Beyond the Count: Perspectives and Lived Experiences of Jews of Color (Jews of Color Initiative)
Black-Jewish Relations in the United States from Jewish Virtual Library x Encyclopedia Judaica
Books for Adults list from the Jewish Multicultural Network
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Defund the Police Resource Guide (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
Enough Is Enough! A 150-year performance review of the Minneapolis Police Department (Expanded Edition 2020) from MPD 150
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota edited by Sun Yung Shin
Handbook for Jewish Communities Fighting Mass Incarceration from T’ruah
Religion and Race (1963) by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State by Christopher P. Lehman
A Toolkit for Addressing Criminal Justice at the Local Level from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Podcasts & Radio Programs
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Call to Mind: Spotlight on Black Trauma and Policing (MPR)
Can We Talk? Episode 43: Black Lives Matter (Jewish Women’s Archive)
Catalyst: with Unite & Rebuild MSP (KFAI)
Community voices on the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing (MPR)
Jews Talk Racial Justice with April and Tracie (Joyous Justice)
Momentum (Race Forward)
Roxane Gay, Anna Deavere Smith and Tay Anderson on the protests’ hope and despair (PBS)
Somali Link Radio: with Abdu Rahman (KFAI)
Identity/Crisis Episode 54: White Supremacy, Policing, and the Jews (Shalom Hartman Institute)
Wholly Jewish (ReformJudaism.org)
Why the Court Matters: RBG’s Legacy and the Fight She Leaves Behind (Intersectionality Matters! podcast from The African American Policy Forum)
Film & Video
Yom Kippur Forum on Security and Antiracism (Adath Jeshurun) onYouTube
Anti-Semantics: Sifting Through Whiteness and Jewish Identities (Reboot) on YouTube
Art & Artists on Being Black & Jewish (Facebook)
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Blackness, Jewishness, and America series from Shalom Hartman Institute
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | for Jewish Professionals
Broken Bird (Rachel Harrison Gordon) on Vimeo
Civil Society: More Than a Monolith (HUC-JIR) on Vimeo
A Jewish conversation about Juneteenth (The Forward) on YouTube
Jewish Council on Public Affairs Webinars
White Nationalism, Racism and Antisemitism in America Today
Ending Racism in America: A Discussion with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP
Black Lives Matter: A Conversation on Being Black and Jewish at this Moment
Lunar: The Jewish-Asian Film Project (LUNAR & Be’chol Lashon)
Moving Toward Racial Justice 3-video series (Joyous Justice)
Northside Stories: Shared History, Shared Promise (Northside Achievement Zone & National Council of Jewish Women MN) on Vimeo
Periphery, the short film + the extended series with curriculum for students & community groups (No Silence On Race)
The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity (Marlene Meyerson JCC) on YouTube
Racism in the Jewish Community: The Uncomfortable Truth (Ilana Kaufman) on YouTube
Standing in Solidarity (Bend the Arc) on FB Live
‘Start Repairing The Wrong’: St. Paul Passes Resolution To Create Slavery Reparations Commission on CBS Minnesota
Tisha B’Av: Mourning and Reimagining Safety (Bend the Arc) on FB Live
Who Counts? Race and the Jewish Future (Ilana Kaufman)
Courses & Communities
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Audacious Hospitality (Union for Reform Judasim)
Guide to Bystander Intervention (Hollaback!)
Guide for Facilitating Anti-Racism Conversations (At the Well)
In Solidarity – Around the Shabbat Table (OneTable)
Living the Legacy Civil Rights Lessons (Jewish Women’s Archive)
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups (Craig Elliott, PhD)
(Un)Learning with Kids
Anti-Bias Education articles, lesson plans, kid lit, & more from the Anti-Defamation League
Diversity in Jewish Children’s Books (Kveller)
Elmo’s Dad Explains BLM (Sesame Street)
How to Talk to Your White Kids About Racism by Natalie Oleson
How We’re Talking to Our Black Jewish Kids About George Floyd by Alina Adams
A Jewish Anti-Racist Reading List for Children of All Ages by Lior Zaltzman
The work of Julius Lester
My Kids Are Black and Jewish. To Them, These Identities Are Inseparable. by Jessica Keith
Ramsey County Library book recommendations
Talking About Race (Nat’l Museum of African American History & Culture / Smithsonian)
Talking Race with Young Children (NPR)
Talking With Kids About Racism (PJ Library)
They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race! (The Children’s Community School)
Individuals & Accounts to Follow
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Aaron Freeman (Sciency Optimist) (YouTube)
Aaron Samuels (Instagram) (Twitter) (Web)
Amadi Lovelace (Twitter)
Amy Albertson (Instagram) (Twitter) (Web)
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell (Twitter)
April N. Baskin (Twitter) (Instagram)
Ashager Araro (Twitter) (Instagram)
Aviva Davis (Twitter) (Instagram)
Bentley Addison (Twitter)
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Twitter) (Instagram) (Substack) (Web)
Evan Traylor (Twitter) (Instagram) (Web)
Faith Kalson (Instagram)
Hannah Bronfman (Instagram)
Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll (Instagram)
Jonny B. Mitchell (Twitter) (Instagram)
Lara Monroe (Twitter)
Marra Gad (Twitter)
Michael Twitty (Twitter) (Instagram)
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt (Twitter) (Instagram) (Web)
Natasha Díaz (Twitter) (Instagram) (Web)
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Natasha Tripplett (Twitter)
Nissim Black (Instagram) (Twitter) (YouTube)
Noah Shufuntinsky (aka Westside Gravy) (SoundCloud) (YouTube) (Twitter)
Rachel Harrison-Gordon (Twitter) (Vimeo)
Raven Schwam-Curtis (TikTok) (Instagram)
Rebecca Pierce (Twitter) (Instagram) (Web)
Robin Washington (Twitter)
Rabbi Sandra Lawson (Twitter) (Instagram)
Shais “MaNishtana” Rishon (Twitter) (Instagram)
Shekhiynah Larks (Instagram) (TikTok)
Sheree Curry (Twitter)
Shirley Gindler-Price (Twitter) (Web)
Tahuonia Rubel (Instagram)
Tema Smith (Twitter) (Instagram)
Tony Westbrook (TikTok) (Instagram)
Tova Ricardo (Instagram)
Yaf Newman (Instagram)
Yasmine Esther (Instagram)
Yitz “Y-Love” Jordan (Twitter) (Instagram)
Zac Stern (Twitter)
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