Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

June 18, 2020

Against the Phrase “Jews of Color”

“I have always felt at home in the Jewish world.”

“As a Jew of Color, I Need More People in My Community to Speak Up,” blared a recent headline from the left-wing Israeli newspaper Haaretz, followed by a declaration that “all members of the Jewish community need to do more to confront racial injustice” in response to the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis. Kylie Unell, however, rejects the notion that she has something worthy to say about America’s current political woes merely because of her skin color:

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