Racial Equity and Justice

For information about events relating to Beth Am’s “Organizational Change for Inclusion of Jews of Color” initiative that supports our work toward racial equity and justice in our community, please see the sidebar at left. This programming is funded in part by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.

Congregation Beth Am

• Videorecording of Anti-Semitism and Hate in the Age of COVID-19: A Conversation with ADL Director Seth Brysk
• June 5 Erev Shabbat Sermon: Black Lives Matter, by Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit
  May 29 Erev Shabbat Sermon: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself, by Rabbi Heath Watenmaker
• America's Original Sin, by Rabbi Rick Block, Beth Am's Rabbi Emeritus (5/31/2020, The Times of Israel)
• Youth Education Recommended Resources for Parents and Kids

Union for Reform Judaism

• The Statement of the Union of Reform Judaism
• Ways Your Congregation Can Act Now for Racial Justice, by Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner (6/01/2020, urj.org)
• A Message from Jews of Color — Yolanda Savage-Narva, Evan Traylor and Deitra Reiser deliver personal messages. Download the discussion guide.

ReformJudaism.org

• White Jews: It Is on Us — What we need to understand about racial inequality and what we can do about it by Ali Rosenblatt (6/15/2020, reformjudaism.org)
• The Black Jews Are Tired by Chris Harrison (6/1/2020, reformjudaism.org)

For Kids

• 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race
• PJ Library Resources for Talking with Kids About Racism
• Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events
• 11 Great Books About and For Jewish Children of Color
• Georgetown Anti-Racism Toolkit for Parents

Additional

• Powerful piece by Erik Ward that includes specific actions that individuals can take now:   Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy? 21 Things We Can Do Right Now (5/31/20, Medium.com)
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack (8/13/17, Medium.com)
• The Basics of Black Lives Matter – and Why You Need to Act Today by Bernard Meyer
• List of books written by or about Jews of Color
• How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
• Resources from the Center for Technology and Society, posted by ADL
• Report an AntiSemitic, Bias or Discriminatory Incident to the ADL