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| ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO RACIAL DIVERSITY IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY (WITH WEBSITES) |
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THE AMERICAN SEPHARDIC FEDERATION The American Sephardic Federation supports the Sephardic community with cultural and academic programming, the only permanent Sephardic exhibit gallery and an online library dedicated to promoting Sephardic culture in America. www.asfonline.org AYECHA RESOURCE ORGANIZATION Provides support, information and resources for Jews of Color. www.ayecha.org BE'CHOL LASHON A community-building and research initiative of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research that seeks to create a Jewish community that is more racially and ethnically inclusive, both in the United States and around the world. jewishresearch.org/socialchange.htm#bechol CENTER FOR AFR-JEWISH STUDIES (CAJS) The Center for Afro-Jewish Studies at Temple University is a research and learning institution dedicated to scholarship on Afro-Jewish peoples and developing awareness of the historical, political, religious, and philosophical issues that arise from the convergence of the African and Jewish diasporas. http://www.temple.edu/isrst/Affiliates THE CHINA JUDAIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION The China Judaic Studies Association promotes Judaic studies in China. http://servercc.oakton.edu/~friend/chinajews.html INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY & RESEARCH An independent non-profit dedicated to the growth of the Jewish community. The Institute serves as a national and international think tank providing policy research to the Jewish community. jewishresearch.org ISABELLA FREEDMAN JEWISH RETREAT CENTER Sponsor of the Jewish Multiracial Network. www.isabellafreedman.org/home.shtml JIMENA-Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa JIMENA? mission is to advocate and educate about the history and plight of the Jews indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. http://www.jimena.org/ JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION (JCCA) JCCA is a nonprofit, multi-cultural child and family services agency with programs throughout New York City, WestChester County and Long Island. We have an adoption program that offers services (homestudies, workshops, counseling, support groups, etc.) to adoptive families, most of whom are Jewish. http://jccany.org JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER MANHATTAN Provides programming for Jews of diverse racial backgrounds. www.jccmanhattan.org/home.php JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE An activist organization based in New York City. www.jfrej.org KULANU, "All of US?/strong> Kulanu is an organization dedicated to finding and assisting lost and dispersed remnants of the Jewish people. www.kulanu.org MORESHET NETWORK FOR JEWS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE Based in the Mid-west. members.aol.com/moreshetnet/home.html NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY A fundraising and support organization for Ethiopian Jews. www.nacoej.org SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS Scattered Among the Nations is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Jewish and non-Jewish world about the beauty and diversity of our people. We assist geographically and politically isolated Jewish or Judaism-practicing communities to continue embracing the Jewish religion and culture, while documenting these communities as they are today before they disappear through immigration or assimilation. www.scatteredamongthenations.org THE SINO-JUDAIC INSTITUTE The Sino-Judaic Institute publishes information dealing with the Chinese-Jewish experience from its beginnings well over a millennium ago to the present day. www.sino-judaic.org THE SOCIETY FOR CRYPTO-JUDAIC STUDIES The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies was founded in order to foster research and networking of information and ideas into the contemporary development of Crypto Jews of Iberian origins. www.cryptojews.com SWIRL INC. An organization that unites the mixed community to celebrate and explore their heritages. Based in New York City. www.swirlinc.org TAPESTRY-WEAVING THE MULTICULTURAL THREADS OF JEWISH IDENTITY In the global village of the 21st century, multicultural expertise is key to building a thriving community. While American Jews have been among the leaders of diversity work outside the Jewish people, most have yet to recognize and capitalize on the multiculturalism within our own community. Tapestry provides the tools necessary for community leaders to shift from a limited European Jewish paradigm to one that reflects the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the global Jewish experience. Through this service, the company provides innovative strategies for attracting unaffiliated Jews of all ethnicities and building bridges with non-Jewish communities of color. www.tapestry-online.com BACK TO TOP |
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