Anti-Racist Resources
About These Resources
JLV’s commitment to racial equity is evidenced in a number of ways: our Diversity Statement, developed by our staff; ongoing professional development for our staff; through multiple workshops facilitated for our Board and Trustees; and through jkid4all, an initiative of jkidphilly.
jkid4all brings together families who identify as Jewish Families of Color and/or culturally and ethnically diverse Jews through social gatherings and Jewish educational programming. These gatherings offer families the opportunity to build relationships with others who similarly identify, enabling people of all ages to see themselves in others while in Jewish spaces.
At least 12-15% of Jews in the United States identify as Jews of Color of African, Latinx, Asian or mixed-race descent (Source: Counting Inconsistencies) and ~10% of US Jews are of Mizrahi or Sephardic heritage. (Source: Be’chol Lashon referencing Beyond the Count study by JOCi)
We are offering you a plethora of anti-bias, anti-racist resources to support your learning to support your family.
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Articles about the JOC Experience
- Check out this growing list of articles by JOC about being JOC.
- Jackie Jonas shares how to love your whole Black child.
- Sarah Kolker describes her experiences being a JOC in 2022.
- David A. Love offers how we can use history to better understand ourselves and each other.
- This growing list of articles focuses on transracial adoption.
- Be’chol Lashon’s website has many resources on holidays, first-person accounts, possible speakers, and discussion guides.
Anti-Bias Articles
- We highly recommend watching all of the videos in this PBS series on implicit bias.
- This article is helpful in deciding if you want to respond to a microaggression as well as a useful 4-D framework for responses.
- “How They See Us” is a podcast about stereotyping and its impact.
- This article defines microaggressions and microaffirmations, and how to welcome at the “micro” level.
- Check out this list of 10 ways to create a welcoming culture in your congregation.
- Here are some tools for interrupting microaggressions.
Books
Here are growing lists of JOC-authored books:
And here is a growing list of books focusing on anti-bias education.
Go Deeper
- Browse this growing list of suggested podcasts.
- Isaac Etter’s docuseries offers his own perspective on transracial adoption.
- Check out this list of JOC Communal Organizations, as well as this list of even more organizations from around the world.
- Cook your way through this list of recipes from around the Jewish world, or check out some of these cookbooks!