I’m a Black Jew—Here’s How I Deal With the Rise in Antisemitism

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Apr 6, 2023 #‘i’m, #antisemitism, #black, #jew—here’s

Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images, Public Domain and Wikimedia Commons Being <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-green-book-helped-black-motorists-survive-americas-highways-during-jim-crow">Black in America</a> is hard. Being <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/progressive-allies-need-to-call-out-everyday-antisemitism">Jewish in America</a> is also hard. When you combine the two you get me, a 31-year-old Black Jewish woman living in Harlem. I’m not complaining. I’m very proud to represent both my <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bridging-the-gap-between-blacks-and-jews-in-america">Black and Jewish</a> roots. But it’s been challenging to reckon with the chilling rise of antisemitism and ongoing racism in this country. Working in the media, it’s almost every day that I read or hear of something on the news that relates to an act of racism or antisemitism. I’ve worked hard to embrace and love who I am, yet there are people out there who want to do me and others who identify as Black or Jewish harm. That’s scary. But it’s incidents like this that empower me more to tell my story and fight hate speech. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/im-a-black-jewheres-how-i-deal-with-antisemitism-this-passover">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a>

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images, Public Domain and Wikimedia Commons

Being Black in America is hard. Being Jewish in America is also hard. When you combine the two you get me, a 31-year-old Black Jewish woman living in Harlem.

I’m not complaining. I’m very proud to represent both my Black and Jewish roots. But it’s been challenging to reckon with the chilling rise of antisemitism and ongoing racism in this country.

Working in the media, it’s almost every day that I read or hear of something on the news that relates to an act of racism or antisemitism. I’ve worked hard to embrace and love who I am, yet there are people out there who want to do me and others who identify as Black or Jewish harm. That’s scary. But it’s incidents like this that empower me more to tell my story and fight hate speech.