Contents

Preface

A Note on Language

Acknowledgments

1. Are Jews White?

What's White

The People of Contradictions

Apartheid/American Style

Jews: Race or Religion?

Christian Centricity

2. Black/Jewish Imaginary and Real

Real 1: The Black/Jewish Tangle

Real 2: Am I Possible?

Imaginary 1: Exodus

Imaginary 2: Media Coverage

Imaginary 3: Media Hype

Real 3: Solidarity

Real 4: Nationalism and Feminism

3. Who Is This Stranger?

The Cultures of Jews

Mizrahim

Sephardim

Post-Colonial Jews

Feminist Ritual

Ashkenazim

De-Ashkenization

U.S. Jews

4. Praying with Our Legs

Fighting Slumlords, Building Coalitions: Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Chicago)

Confronting Power in the Jewish Community: Jews United for Justice (St. Louis)

Trying to Change Congregational Life: Jewish Community Action (Minneapolis)

Bringing Our Bodies to the Picket Line: Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (New York)

The Place to Go for a Progressive Jewish Voice

5. Judaism Is the Color of This Room

The Temple of My Familiar: Ayecha (National)

Crossing Many Borders: Ivri-NASAWI/Levantine Center (International)

A Mixed Multitude: Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (Chicago)

Respect and Knowledge: Beta Israel of North America (International)

Hospitality Is the First Principle: Congregation Naharat Shalom (Albuquerque)

Jews Were All People of Color: Center for Afro-Jewish Studies (Philadelphia)

I Promised Them It Wasn't Going to Happen Again: Central Reform Synagogue (St. Louis)

Jews of Color Speak Out

Transformation in Partnership

6. Toward a New Diasporism

If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem

If I Forget Thee O Doikayt, O Haviva Ottomania

Home

Diasporism and the Holocaust

Israel and Diasporism

Anti-Semitism and Diasporism

A Jewish Tradition: Radical Justice-Seeking

To Change the Way Racism Is Fought: Shifting the Center

Diasporism and the Colors of Jews

Notes

Bibliography

Index