{"id":2396,"date":"2016-04-05T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T15:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2016-04-13T11:36:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:36:57","slug":"jews-of-color-roundtable-discussion-the-jewish-channel-tjc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/?p=2396","title":{"rendered":"Who are Jews of Color (JOC)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jews of Color is a pan-ethnic term that is used to identify Jews whose family origins are originally in African, Asian or Latin-American countries. Jews of Color may identify as Black, Latino\/a, Asian-American or of mixed heritage such as biracial or multi-racial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to several factors, Mizrachi and Sephardi Jews from North African and Arab lands vary in whether or not they self-identify as \u201cJews of Color.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Jewish experience is built upon foundations of diversity as old as the Jewish people, a reality that may be lost to many Jews who tend to think of other Jews as being only like themselves. The historical home of the Jews lies at the geographic crossroads of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Jews are an amalgam of many peoples and Jewish origins include a multitude of languages, nations, tribes, and skin colors.\u201d<\/span> ~T<\/span>he History of Jewish Diversity\/ Be\u2019chol Lashon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The first show of its kind, Jews of Color explores the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Jewish community, sharing the unique perspectives of Jews from African-American, Asian, Hispanic and other non-\u201dwhite\u201d backgrounds. Defying our collective assumptions about what it means to be a Jew, and shedding light on perspectives that are too often ignored by the broader Jewish community, Jews of Color is not to be missed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring: host Joel Sanchez (Jewish Board of Family and Children\u2019s Services), Aliza Hausman (Blogger, \u201cMemoirs of a Jewminicana\u201d), Akira Ohiso (Author, \u201cSurvivor\u201d), Yitz Jordan a.k.a. Y-Love (Rapper, Writer, Activist), and Yavilah McCoy (Jewish educator, Diversity Practitioner, and Founder of Ayecha Jewish Diversity Resources).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The most powerful thing I want to happen in the Jewish community is that we gain more space of love for one another…”~Yavilah McCoy<\/span><\/p>\n