The symposium is comprised of Black, Jewish, and gentile scholars who approach the symposium’s themes from a variety of methodologies, with panels entitled “Historical Intersections of Black/Jewish Relations;” “African Americans and Jews Navigating a White Christian World,” “Literary Representations and Responses to European Antisemitism and White America;” “Political and Cultural Legacies of Civil Rights.” The symposium is structured as a series of accessible conversations among panelists, respondents, and the audience. 

Session 2: African Americans and Jews Navigating a White Christian World
Chair: Hilit Surowitz-Israel, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Rutgers University NB

“The Inner African: Blacks, Jews and the Problem of the Color Line”
Donavan Ramon, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

“Black Jews and the Problem of Ortho-Ethnicity”
Andre Brooks-Key,  Claflin University

 “Interracial and Interfaith Intimacies: Black and Jewish Romantic Relationships in the Black Freedom Movement”
Traci Parker, University of California Davis

Respondent:
Tahneer Oksman, Marymount Manhattan College