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    Ice Cube in 2016
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    The Loneliest Hatred

    Why anti-Semitism and conspiratorial theories claiming that ‘Black people are the “real Jews”’ thrive in a time of racial reckoning

    byJohn-Paul Pagano
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    Behind Bars with the Black Israelites

    Most of the world learned about the extreme group after the Jersey City shooting. I met them as a Jew spending a decade in prison.

    byDaniel Genis
  • Friends of Hezekiah ben Habakkuk, bar mitzvah boy, in Abuja, Nigeria. (William F.S. Miles)
    Friends of Hezekiah ben Habakkuk, bar mitzvah boy, in Abuja, Nigeria. (William F.S. Miles)
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    Judaism Added to the African Studies Agenda

    New panels on Black Judaism offered at annual scholarly conference

    byLen Lyons
  • An infant is welcomed into the community in a ritual naming ceremony. (Marlaine Glicksman)
    An infant is welcomed into the community in a ritual naming ceremony. (Marlaine Glicksman)
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    Black Jewish Congregations Get Their Own Prayer Book, After Nearly a Century

    Mainstream Judaism doesn’t recognize their temples or their rabbis. In a new siddur, Black Jews tell their community’s story.

    bySam Kestenbaum
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