Books

1.    Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

2.    Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

3.    How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi

4.    White Rage by Carol Anderson

5.    The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

6.    Thick by Tressie McMillam Cottom 

7.    Evicted by Mathew Desmond

8.    An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

9.    Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Specific Black-Jewish Relations Resources

These Dropbox folders have numerous articles that Rekindle has collected through our research over the years.

  1. Learn about Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy and impact; this 7-minute video is a great start

  2. Learn about how trauma impacts both communities

  3. Learn about Black-Jewish relations through history

  4. Learn about Black-Jewish relations in Cleveland history

  5. Resources on allyship that we find motivational

  6. The Rabbis Go South is an amazing, short podcast series that captures an important moment in Black-Jewish history

  7. Understand how antisemitism and racism are intertwined with these articles

  8. We love these articles on Black-Jewish partnership

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 list of 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, so just 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)

o Episode 1: Turning the Lens (~16 min audio)

o Episode 2: How Race was Made (~28 min audio)

o Episode 3: Made in America (~34 min audio)

· Act.tv’s animated video, Systemic Racism Explained (~4 min)

 

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 resourceTalking 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 recommend) 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)