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I hope the findings empower our community. We have to collectively commit to the path of anti-racism and racial justice. We have to accept that the Jewish community is not sustainable if racism exists among us, especially as our community becomes more and more diverse. I hope there is a chorus of “I’ve had enough” from every person in the Jewish community.
Read MoreKaufman and Spitalnik identified three key strategies that will enable the Jewish community to better tend to the multiracial, multifaith coalitions that have been integral to Jewish safety and security throughout American history.
Through archiving oral histories, Tanaka has noted some national trends, including shifts in intermarriage, reasons and dates of immigration to the U.S., intergenerational trauma, and relationships to whiteness and assimilation. “There’s so much to unpack, but everyone has a story rooted in political history,” Tanaka said.