black-jewish relations

In ‘Blazing Saddles,’ Gene Wilder helped recall a fading black-Jewish alliance

The late actor's portrayal of a washed-up gunslinger who befriends a black sheriff in the 1974 Western parody was a brief reminder of a more harmonious past.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 30, 2016 12:20 pm

A changing Crown Heights marks 25 years since Brooklyn ‘pogrom’

While members of the Jewish community disagree among themselves, relations between Crown Heights Jewish and non-Jewish leaders appear to have improved since the riots.

August 15, 2016 5:40 pm

Black Lives Matter platform says Israel an ‘apartheid state’ committing ‘genocide’

While the majority of the document addresses issues other than Israel, the section on foreign policy calls Israel “a state that practices systematic discrimination."

August 3, 2016 4:34 pm