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Jews, Race, and Religion
Racism is one of the most pressing ethical challenges of our time. This site provides resources for studying race and racism through the prism of Jewish experience. It accompanies a lecture series co-sponsored by the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Leading scholars in Jewish Studies, Critical Race Studies, and Religious Studies will share cutting-edge research that deepens the conversation about race, racism and anti-racism in contemporary society, both American and Jewish.
Scroll down to find introductory materials and resources on the eleven topics our lecturers explore.
The lecture series is free and open to the public. The lectures begin on January 28, 2021, and take place on Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. EST. Recordings of the lectures will be posted on this site after they occur.
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Introductory Materials: Jews, Race, and Religion
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Lecture 1: Is the Talmud Racist?
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Lecture 2: Zahor: Alex Haley’s Roots, Scriptures, and the Race for America
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Lecture 3: Jews and the Religion of Whiteness
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Lecture 4: Religion and White Supremacy in the United States
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Lecture 5: Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
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Lecture 6: Limpieza de Sangre and the “Clash of Civilizations”; Or, What Hath the Soul to Do with Racialized Bodies?
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Lecture 7: Race, Class and Privilege: How Latino Jews Navigate Life in the United States
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Lecture 8: “We are the Ethiopian Hebrews, Brothers to the Fair White Jew”: Race, Religion, and Jewish Identity in Harlem
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Lecture 9: “Funny - You Don’t Look Jewish!”
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Lecture 10: From Minneapolis, Minnesota to the Streets of Jerusalem: The Diaspora Within. Mizrahi Jews, Race, Belonging, Dislocation and Identity
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Lecture 11: Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity
