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A Black-Jewish dialogue lifts a veil on these groups' unspoken
history, shedding light on the challenges and promises facing
American democracy from its inception to the present In this
uniquely structured conversational work, two scholars-one of
African American politics and religion, and one of contemporary
American Jewish culture-explore a mystery: Why aren't Blacks and
Jews presently united in their efforts to combat white supremacy?
As alt-right rhetoric becomes increasingly normalized in public
life, the time seems right for these one-time allies to rekindle
the fires of the civil rights movement. Blacks and Jews in America
investigates why these two groups do not presently see each other
as sharing a common enemy, let alone a political alliance. Authors
Terrence L. Johnson and Jacques Berlinerblau consider a number of
angles, including the disintegration of the "Grand Alliance"
between Blacks and Jews during the civil rights era, the
perspective of Black and Jewish millennials, the debate over Louis
Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, and the Israel-Palestine
conflict. Ultimately, this book shows how the deep roots of the
Black-Jewish relationship began long before the mid-twentieth
century, changing a narrative dominated by the Grand Alliance and
its subsequent fracturing. By engaging this history from our
country's origins to its present moment, this dialogue models the
honest and searching conversation needed for Blacks and Jews to
forge a new understanding.
Black Zion explores the myriad ways in which African American religions have encountered Jewish traditions, beliefs, and spaces. The collection's unifying argument is that religion is the missing piece of the cultural jigsaw puzzle, and that much of the recent turmoil in black-Jewish relations would be better understood, if not alleviated, if the religious roots of those relations were illuminated. Ranging from the Nation of Islam to the Hebrew Israelites and from Abraham Joshua Heschel to Martin Luther King, Jr., the book sheds light on a little examined but vitally important dimension of black-Jewish relations in America.
Black Zion explores the myriad ways in which African American religions have encountered Jewish traditions, beliefs, and spaces. The collection's unifying argument is that religion is the missing piece of the cultural jigsaw puzzle, and that much of the recent turmoil in black-Jewish relations would be better understood, if not alleviated, if the religious roots of those relations were illuminated. Ranging from the Nation of Islam to the Hebrew Israelites and from Abraham Joshua Heschel to Martin Luther King, Jr., the book sheds light on a little examined but vitally important dimension of black-Jewish relations in America.
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