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by Marc Dollinger (Author), Ilana Kaufman (Afterword by)
Highlights Jewish participation in the civil rights movement
Black Power, Jewish Politics charts the transformation of American Jewish political culture from the Cold War liberal consensus of the early postwar years to the rise and influence of Black Power-inspired ethnic nationalism. It shows how, in a period best known for the rise of antisemitism in some parts of the Black community and the breakdown of the alliance between white Jews and Black Americans, Black Power activists enabled Jewish activists to devise a new Judeo-centered political agenda--including the emancipation of Soviet Jews, the rise of Jewish Day Schools, the revitalization of worship services with gender-inclusive liturgy, and the birth of a new form of American Zionism.
Author Biography
Ilana Kaufman (Afterword by)
Ilana Kaufman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Jews of Color Initiative. Her work sits at the center of Jewish community, philanthropic strategy, racial equity, and justice, is anchored by the voices and experience of Jews of Color, and is focused on field building through grantmaking, research and field building, and community education.
Marc Dollinger is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility in the Department of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University and author of Quest for Inclusion:
Jews and Liberalism in Modern America.
