Books
1. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
2. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
3. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi
4. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
5. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
6. Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillam Cottom
7. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
8. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
9. Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel by James McBride
Specific Black-Jewish Relations Resources
These Dropbox folders have numerous articles that Rekindle has collected through our research over the years.
Learn about Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy and impact; this 7-minute video is a great start
Learn about how trauma impacts both communities
Learn about the Black-Jewish partnership between James Baldwin and Richard Avedon
Learn about Black-Jewish relations through history
Learn about Black-Jewish relations in Cleveland history
Resources on allyship that we find motivational
The Rabbis Go South is an amazing, short podcast series that captures an important moment in Black-Jewish history
Understand how antisemitism and racism are intertwined with these articles
We love these articles on Black-Jewish partnership
Support Black-Owned Businesses!
We are proud to support Black-owned businesses, which we find here.
Want to learn about Black-Jewish Relations? Then you’ve come to the right place.
We’re happy to provide you with this list of curated resources that we often refer to in the Rekindle curriculum and sessions. Please note: Rekindle does not have the copyright to use any of these resources–please be careful if distributing them to others.
Introductory Resources
Scene on Radio, Season 2: Seeing White, Episodes 1-3 (links below have audio as well as a written transcript, if you prefer to read)
Episode 1: Turning the Lens (~16 min audio)
Episode 2: How Race was Made (~28 min audio)
Episode 3: Made in America (~34 min audio)
Act.tv’s animated video, Systemic Racism Explained (~4 min)
“Race in America,” a powerful 18 minute look at America’s racial history (the followup is excellent, too!)
Understanding whiteness, white privilege, and white fragility, as well as how these concepts connect to Jewish identity
Watch Deconstructing White Privilege [note: scroll down on the website page to find the video] (~22 mins) -OR- Read article White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (17 pages)
Read article Anti-Racism Work in the Jewish Community (~3 pages)
Listen to (or read the the transcript of) Code Switch - Member of Whose Tribe (~31 mins)
Read the infographic titled “Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness and White Culture in the United States” on the same webpage from Whiteness on the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s interactive resource, Talking About Race. [Note: Scroll down on the website page to find the infographic. Just below the infographic is a link to print a PDF version, which may be easier to read.]
Watch video definition of Microaggressions (~2 mins)
Read list of 21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear On A Daily Basis
Structural Racism in Action – A Look into Mass Incarceration and Policing
Watch the movie, The 13th (~1hr 40min documentary film) available on Netflix here: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80091741)
Read excerpt from The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (~3 1/2 pages)
Watch interview, "No, the police cannot be reformed” with Professor Alex Vitale" (~53 min interview, highly recommended) OR read this summarized interview on the same topic (different interviewer)
Read op-ed, "As Mayor of Minneapolis, I Saw How White Liberals Block Change" (~4 pages)
Re-Thinking the Narrative: Many stories, Multiple voices, Who tells the story?
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (~18 min video)
I Am Not Your Negro (~1.5 hour documentary film, available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other streaming options)
Audre Lorde’s paper The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House (3 pages)
#1619 Project Interview with Nikole Hannah Jones (~ 9 min video)
What Do We Do To Be Anti-Racist Moving Forward
Listen to/watch Ibram X Kendi discuss the difference between being "not racist" and antiracist (~50 min video, or just audio)
Read article From White Racist to White Anti-Racist by Tema Okun (~16 pages)
Watch part of Jay Smooth - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race (2 mins 45 seconds, from minutes 7:00-9:45)
[Optional] Read article Not Somewhere Else, But Here by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker (~15 pages)
