Fighting Racism
Jared Armstrong, right, playing professional basketball in Israel. (Courtesy of Jared Armstrong)
August 25, 2023, 8:17 am
Jared Armstrong, basketball player who fought for Israeli citizenship, is now working to promote Black-Jewish relations
On Sunday, he is running a free basketball clinic for kids in Philadelphia. If all goes well, he hopes to start a two-week summer camp next year to continue this work.
By Jacob Gurvis
Top left, clockwise, Gage Gorsky, Dalya Perez, Ari Kelman, Tobin Belzer, Vincent Calvetti and Tory Brundage. (Courtesy photo via JTA)
August 13, 2021, 1:19 pm
Researchers unveil massive study on Jews of color
Responses from more than 1,100 people in the study reveal a deep engagement with Jewish identity that has often come with experiences of discrimination in communal settings.
By Asaf Shalev
Screenshot from the video
September 30, 2020, 4:03 pm
Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers partners with Rev. Eric Manning in global video
Myers and Manning became friends after the massacre at the Tree of Life building. Three years earlier, at Manning’s own church, nine people were killed by a white supremacist.
An ad taken out in the New York Times by over 600 Jewish organizations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (Photo from Times of Israel)
September 2, 2020, 4:36 pm
‘Black Lives Matter,’ declare groups representing majority of US Jews in NYT ad
Over 600 Jewish organizations sign letter, published on anniversary of March on Washington, backing ‘current day Civil Rights Movement’
By Jacob Magid
PA State Rep. Dan Frankel, along with State Sen. Judy Schwank has created the first Jewish Legislative Caucus. (File photo)
August 19, 2020, 3:49 pm
Black Lives Matter is about more than just law enforcement
This year will go down as one of the most painful in our state’s history.
By State Rep. Dan Frankel
Photo by freedom007/iStockphoto.com.
June 30, 2020, 12:11 pm
Pittsburgh book clubs confront racism
"By reading, by learning together and then by acting together, we fulfill our mandate to partner with God to make this world a better place," said Rabbi Aaron Meyer.
By Kayla Steinberg
Attendees of the “After the Synagogue Shooting: Pittsburghers Reflect on Antisemitism and Racism” Zoom webinar were asked to reflect on a series of questions. Still shot captured from YouTube recording.”
June 29, 2020, 10:02 am
Webinar featuring voices of Oct. 27 examines anti-Semitism, racism
Oral history project hopes to facilitate communal conversations
By David Rullo
Toby Tabachnick. Photo courtesy of Toby Tabachnick
June 19, 2020, 3:12 pm
Moving beyond our differences to see the bigger picture
In this pivotal moment in the history of racial injustice, let's commit to making things better
By Toby Tabachnick
Marchers at the front of an interfaith demonstration in Chicago remembering George Floyd and protesting systemic racism, June 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)
June 19, 2020, 12:47 pm
Local Jewish leaders reflect on the death of George Floyd
Reflections and suggestions on how to move forward
The 412 Black Jewish Collaborative’s board of directors is striving to build relationships between the two communities. Photo provided by Josiah Gilliam.
June 15, 2020, 3:52 pm
412 Black Jewish Collaborative building bridges through relationships
“I see an ability for our group to come together as an alignment between potential allies because we are experiencing some similarities and being oppressed.”
By David Rullo
(File photo)
June 15, 2020, 2:52 pm
Statement from Congregation Dor Hadash on violence and racism
The congregation was one of three attacked in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018
Pastor Eric Manning and Rabbi Jeffrey Myers gather outside the Tree of Life building in 2019. Photo courtesy of Tree of Life
June 14, 2020, 2:43 pm
Friendship, trust and combating racism
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and Pastor Eric Manning of Mother Emanuel pause to offer insight
By Adam Reinherz
Marchers at the front of an interfaith demonstration in Chicago remembering George Floyd and protesting systemic racism, June 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)
June 10, 2020, 3:19 pm
800 rabbis and cantors sign statement supporting peaceful protest against racism
In memory of George Floyd
By Ben Sales/JTA
Protesters gather on Grant Street, demonstrating against the killing of George Floyd. Photo by Rabbi Ron Symons
June 9, 2020, 9:18 am
Jewish Pittsburghers spring to action after the death of George Floyd
“We have a responsibility to not just have this one be the ‘next one’ but be ‘the one’ to move the nation.”
By David Rullo
Dr. Cyril Wecht (Photo provided by Cyril Wecht)
June 8, 2020, 12:54 pm
Cyril Wecht on George Floyd
"We have to wake up here and deal with law enforcement in the way it is necessary, and this case highlights that."
By Toby Tabachnick
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