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Courtesy of jta (JTA) — For years, Chava Shervington would connect informally with other Black Orthodox Jews to celebrate Black history that often wasn’t discussed in their communities and to offer and receive advice on a range of topics – from what communities were the most inclusive to how to deal with their children being bullied at majority-white day schools. But it wasn’t until last year — as the death of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests led to a nationwide racial reckoning — that Shervington decided to join forces with three other Black Orthodox Jews t...

Black Orthodox Jews Carve Out Their Own Space Amid a National Reckoning Over Race Kamochah is likely the first ever group to cater to Black Jews who identify as Orthodox. (JTA) — For years, Chava Shervington would connect informally with other Black Orthodox Jews to celebrate Black history that often wasn’t discussed in their communities and to offer and receive advice on a range of topics – from what communities were the most inclusive to how to deal with their children being bullied at majority-white day schools. But it wasn’t until last year — as the death of George Floyd and sub...

Black Orthodox Jews carve out their own space amid a national reckoning over race June 2, 2021 4:14 pm The founders of Kamochah, clockwise from top left: Chava Shervington, Rabbi Yonason Perry, Maayan Zik, Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein. (Courtesy of Kamochah) Advertisement (JTA) — For years, Chava Shervington would connect informally with other Black Orthodox Jews to celebrate Black history that often wasn’t discussed in their communities and to offer and receive advice on a range of topics – from what communities were the most inclusive to how to deal with their chi...

Rabbi Shais Rishon speaks at a rally in New York City, January 2020. (Gili Getz via JTA) JTA — In the first chapter of Rabbi Shais Rishon’s new Torah commentary, the voices of ancient rabbis mingle with contemporary poets and, at one point, with “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson. It’s all part of Rishon’s attempt at writing a text “that is firmly traditional/Orthodox, but with a modern and non-myopic lens on race and gender,” as he put it in the description of a Kickstarter campaign that recently raised $11,500, more than twice his goal. The commentary, titled “In ...

Rabbi Shais Rishon speaks at a rally in New York City, January 2020. (Gili Getz via JTA) (JTA) — In the first chapter of Rabbi Shais Rishon’s new Torah commentary, the voices of ancient rabbis mingle with contemporary poets and, at one point, with “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson. It’s all part of Rishon’s attempt at writing a text “that is firmly traditional/Orthodox, but with a modern and non-myopic lens on race and gender,” as he put it in the description of a Kickstarter campaign that recently raised $11,500, more than twice his goal. The commentary, titled “In...