up to a million american jews define themselves as jews of color. but what whoopi goldberg was saying, for most of us that are white presenting, we're not going to be seen as she's seen as a black american. so the target for her is far more intense and far more immediate. unless i choose to dress with jewish ritual objects, or a star of david necklace, she's right. the risk level for her is so much more profound. the other piece of it, though, is that jews also suffer persecution and anti-semitism, and even more painful, because the last few years has been the most intense in all of american jewish history. for us as jews to feel persecuted and traumatized, at the same time that those of us