Events
September 10: Atlanta Jews of Color Council’s Kick-off Rosh Hashanah Cooking Social, in person, Sandy Springs, GA
September 13: Ammud’s San Francisco Kavanah and Shana Tova: Setting New Years Resolutions in San Francsisco with Sarah Pearl Fried
September 19: Ammud’s Los Angeles Kavanah and Shana Tova: Setting New Years Resolutions with Sarah Pearl Fried
September 15 through September 26: Lab/Shul’s High Holy Days of Awe 5784, highlighting JoC Leaders Rebecca S’manga Frank, Marques Hollie, and Kohenet Serakh (Stephanie “Steve” Guedalia)
September 19: Urban Adamah, Jewtina, and JYCA’s Sukkot Celebration for JoC Youth
September 29: New Synagogue Project, Jews of Color and Queer Space Mid-Autumn and Sukkot Potluck, Washington D.C.
October 4: Celebrate Sukkot with Jews of Color and their Families at Edlavitch DCJCC
October 5: Sukkah Dinner and workshop, JoCI’s JoC Professionals Network
Readings and More
Jewtina y Co.’s Rosh Hashanah Guide / Guía de Rosh Hashaná
Jewtina y Co.’s Yom Kippur Guide / Guía de Yom Kipur
Jewtina y Co.’s Sukkot Guide / Guía de Sucot
Jewtina y Co.’s Simchat Torah/ Simjat Torá
Mixed Multitudes post on Synagogue Security: We All Want to Feel Safe During the High Holidays
Keshet’s JOC Program Manager Sage Cassel-Rosenberg’s video, You belong in the Jewish community. Intolerance Doesn’t.
Rabbi Sandra Lawson’s Ten Days of Awe(Some), 5784 / 2023 : A High Holiday Playlist
For Black Jews, Policing Synagogues will Never be the Solution, 2022
Why I’m no longer avoiding synagogues as a Black Jew for the High Holidays, 2022
Sukkot, Justice and the AHUY Model, 2022
Black, Jewish and Avoiding the Synagogue on the High Holy Days, September 2017
Being Black and Jewish during the High Holidays, September 2017
My High Holiday Prayer: Stop Exploiting Jews of Color, September 2018
During the Jewish High Holidays, there’s a growing awareness that not all U.S. Jews are white, September 2019
Jews of Color: Our Blind Spot, Rosh Hashanah September 2017
It’s Time for the Jewish Community to do Teshuva for its Treatment of Jews of Color, October 2019
Compilation of resources and articles about Rosh Hashanah and diverse Jews from Be’Chol Lashon
Ethiopian, Yemeni or Ashkenazi: Traditions Behind Rosh Hashanah Breads, September 2019
Ethiopian Rosh Hashanah Blends Unique Customs, September 2017
Want to share other JoC-centered events or resources for this list? Email emma@jewsofcolorinitiative.org