African Americans

Commentary magazine sees a new split in the black-Jewish alliance

Some felt the magazine's "African Americans vs. American Jews" cover line was meant to stoke 50-year-old resentments.

By Charles Dunst June 15, 2018 5:49 pm

The Black Newspaper That Championed Jewish Hair

The Chicago Defender comes out of the South Side (here’s looking at you, Michelle Lavaughn Obama) and focuses on the city’s African-American population. But it also has a surprising history of covering the local Jewish community. Going back as far as 1910, a black arts critic visited a Yiddish theater in Chicago and praised the […]

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How Hank Greenberg Desegregated Baseball

In 1954, one year before the debut of Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg was the General Manager of the Cleveland Indians. Under Bronx-born Greenberg, the Indians had more black ballplayers than any other team. Greenberg didn’t care whether his players were white or black—just that they were good at baseball. And good they were: The Indians […]

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Commentary magazine sees a new split in the black-Jewish alliance

The Black Newspaper That Championed Jewish Hair

How Hank Greenberg Desegregated Baseball

The Jewish Schoolteacher Behind the First Black ‘Peanuts’ Character

Meet Harlem’s African-American rugelach king

How “Go Down, Moses” Took the Underground Railroad to the Seder Table

Planned Chabad school near rebbe’s grave nixed by Queens community board

African-American pastors meet Israel’s African migrants

Seeger’s Unforgettable Song for the 3 Murdered Boys

African-American bus driver sues haredi school alleging discrimination

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