Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue

Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue

Sun, Sep 22 - 05:30 PM

A discussion with Terrence L. Johnson (Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity) and Jacques Berlinerblau (Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University), authors of Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue, exploring the 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. We will discuss 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.