Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 76: Jewishness is a particle AND a wave

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In today’s conversation, April and Tracie unpack white Jews’ whiteness, the history of race and Jewish racialized identities, and the benefits of getting clear about who is actually in the ingroup. Using metaphors from physics to sanctuaries, we talk about historic and contemporary intersections of the social construct of race and lived identities of Jews.

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Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 75: Whoopi Goldberg, the Oppression Scale, and the Emotional Thermometer

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In this edited version of a Facebook live that April recorded after Whoopi Goldberg’s comments and the controversy that followed, April digs deep into her analysis of the reactions many in the Jewish community expressed. Internalized terror and persisting unhealed trauma–elicited by the Holocaust and centuries of persecution–among white Ashkenazi Jews has caused an understandable misalignment between those folks’ emotional thermometer and the actual thread of danger on the oppression scale. Despite the elevated blood pressures the situation has caused, it seems clear to April that compassion (for ourselves and others!), healing, and solidarity across lines of difference will lead us toward the future we want.

Trigger Warning: This episode is not for you in this moment if as a result of this controversy, you are feeling terror or are in a panic mode.

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Discussion and Reflections Questions for Ep. 74 of Jews Talk Racial Justice: Intellectual intimacy and interdependent intellectual independence

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Many of us learn about racial justice and try to implement DEI in our lives/workplaces, but sometimes we become so stuck in our questions that it keeps us distanced and prevents us from staying in the deep end. April & Tracie challenge us to get intellectually intimate with the learning and to use our systems of accountability/partnership to stay in close relationship while also taking ownership.

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Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 73: Colleyville, Community Healing, and Showing Up

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It’s been almost two weeks since the Colleyville synagogue hostage situation, an antisemitic event that was incredibly scary for Jewish communities. During this conversation from just a few days after, we dive into the feelings of isolation that many of us are experiencing, the all-encompassing nature of grief, our internalized terror and communal need for healing, and what it looks likes when we show up and support one another across lines of difference.

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Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 62: Support People Support Peace

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April and Tracie spend Veterans’ Day reflecting on their family connections to veterans and the ways in which our country has treated veterans throughout our history. The political conversations that happen around war and policy often employ either/or thinking that leads us to forget the human beings and all those connected to them, who are forever changed by these military policies.

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Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 8: Oppression Olympics, Intergenerational Trauma, and Shared Liberation

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Even more than other episodes, you'll find yourself eavesdropping on this conversation. April and Tracie unpack the deep and intergenerational effects of shared trauma and oppression, and the ways either/or and hierarchical thinking can get in the way of healing.

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