For Dr. Dalya Perez, it was a no-brainer to join the research team of our ongoing Count Me In study...This work also offers a place of healing for Perez’s own life experience navigating identities that are seen as incompatible.
May 2021
Stacey Aviva Flint knows that Jews of Color lack communal leaders in which they can see themselves reflected. As Bonai Shalom’s Executive Director, she hopes that she can be a role model for Jew of Color interested in a similar career field.
In an effort to confront the sordid history and current practices of racial exclusion, there is an ongoing, multiracial effort to bring change to Detroit’s Jewish community–and 24-year-old Kendra Watkins is helping pave the way forward.