I don’t typically wear religion on my sleeve, but a non-Jewish friend recently reacted to my religious choice with a (quite good) performance of scenes from Fiddler on the Roof and the best Yiddish accent I’ve heard since moving to Louisville. He wasn’t mocking me, but I had to school my theatrical, Black brother that Judaism has many non-European, non-White cultural expressions.
There’s only so much that you can convey in a few humorous moments at work, so I thought it best to list a few independent sources as verification that Jews, like other global religious groups, come in all colors.
Try these links on for size, my friends:
Organizations and Resources
Be’chol Lashon (Hebrew, for In Every Tongue)
Kulanu (Hebrew, for All of Us)
Beth Hatefutsoth The Museum of the Jewish People
Beta Israel of North America Ethiopian Jewry
Africa
The House of Israel and Kush (French)
Asia
Navras, the Jews of South Asia
Historical Sites
Jews in Africa, Part I A Four Part Series
Wikipedia – Jews of Bilal el-Sudan
Wikipedia – History of the Jews in India
Personal Sites
29/09/2009 at 6:37 PM Permalink
Thanks for including The Comic Torah on this list. Did you know there’s a book version in the works? Please check out the 3 minute video intro at http://tinyurl.com/mewxjk. W’d appreciate any help spreading the word.
22/12/2009 at 9:10 AM Permalink
Nice set of links, thank you for posting!
04/01/2010 at 10:50 PM Permalink
You’re welcome, Rishona. I’m adding your site to the list as well. It’s a very nice read.