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Racial Justice: Featured Resources

While so many of our resources are worthwhile and worth exploring, this section allows us to highlight particular resources that we want to bring to your attention and to the forefront of our conversations. These will be updated from time to time.

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Setting

Congregational Learning · After School and Beyond · Day Schools and Yeshivas · Teen Engagement · Camp

Topic

Racial Justice · History · Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) · Community Trauma

Organization

The Jewish Education Project

About

This is one of three parts in our Collection on Racial Justice.

TEACHING

Reflecting on George Floyd’s Death and Police Violence Towards Black Americans | Facing History and Ourselves

This Teaching Idea is a guide for teachers to begin conversations with their students about George Floyd’s death and the events that surround it. Such conversations are always difficult for teachers to facilitate, and distance learning presents added challenges to teaching sensitive material.
The 1619 Project | New York Times Magazine

Marking 400 years since slavery first began in America, the series of articles, podcasts, and teaching resources, led by MacArthur Genius Award recipient Nikole Hannah-Jones “examines the ways the legacy of slavery continues to shape our country.”
- Teaching Resources/Curriculum from the Pulitzer Center
- The Daily | Five Special Podcast Episodes

ARTICLES TO DISCUSS | Voices of Color

‘Believe us’: Black Jews Respond to the George Floyd Protests, in Their Own Words | JTA | April Baskin, Anthony Russell, Yitz Jordan and Tema Smith with Josefin Dorsten
Try to See Me | Kenny Kahn | Jewish& is a blog by Be’chol Lashon in My Jewish Learning

An assistant principal at Monte Vista High School in Danville, CA, Kenny has been involved with Be’chol Lashon since its founding and was the co-director of their camp.
The Black Jews Are Tired | Chris Harrison | Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)

A writer and editor for audacious hospitality at the Union for Reform Judaism and a fellow in its 2018 JewV’Nation Fellowship’s Jews of Color Leadership Cohort.
Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy? 21 Things We Can Do Right Now | Eric K. Ward

Senior Advisor with Race Forward and Executive Director of Western States Center and writes on the intersection of Anti-Semitism and White Supremacy.

ENGAGE

Talking About Race | The National Museum of African American History and Culture

An online portal to help teachers, families, individuals, and communities talk about racism and commit to being anti-racist.