I am not the first Black lesbian rabbi, and I have never claimed to be the first Black lesbian rabbi. Published sources that say this are wrong. Also, I was never a Christian and was not raised as a Christian. Published sources that say that are also wrong. Please retweet/share
Nothing says "but marriage fixed it" like being reminded that I have to do a confirmatory adoption to adopt my own kiddo (please Gd may they arrive in good time).
One impact of the #georgesantos controversy: actual Jewish People of Color will face extra scrutiny and identity probing when running for office or other positions. There are already emails from Jewish journalists floating around saying that they need to probe POC who run more.
This is why we need to be clear that BHI ≠ Black Jews. And, already, our fellow Jews are using #Racism in their responses to this #Antisemitism, which erases and harms #JewsOfColor — including actual #BlackJews
Black Hebrew Israelites out in force today, chanting “we are the real Jews” and “time to wake up,” as they marched towards the Barclay’s Center in support of Kyrie Irving’s return.
There are a lot of Jews scared right now as antisemitism is being normalized by celebrities, but I want to call special attention to Black Jews at this time, who are caught in such an uncomfortable space, making an already complicated identity that much more challenging.
@DanWeinfeld@rabbisandra@writingJew I don’t think you’ll find any congregation on that site in the Western Hemisphere that would be accepted by any of the current Jewish streams. It’s not a matter of racism within the Jewish community, because their religion is outside of ✡️. Few folks join then convert to ✡️ after
@rabbisandra You’re not wrong, Sandra. And, there’s plenty of room available, in theory. Well, if racism wasn’t more available than carbs at kiddish, there would be Black rabbis ordained by said institutions in greater quantity and congregations who take them as their leadership.
@writingJew@rabbisandra Nope. He was ordained through the Hebrew-Israelites. They’re big fans of Judaism, but it’s not a Jewish seminary. He may have gotten a conservative conversion, but is the top clergy in another religion.
You can’t sit there and tell me that no #Jews have contributed to #whitesupremacy “Because #theHolocaust”. There were Jews helping white supremacy long before, during, after, and currently. Now, does that warrant antisemitism? No. Is it right to help WS? Also NO.#KanyeIsWrong