Black jews

The discovery of a Jewish Negro League star forces a rewrite of Jewish baseball history

Oscar Levis was one of the finest pitchers of his era. He was Black and he was Jewish. And for a century, baseball didn’t have the categories to say so.

Oscar Levis, known early in his career as “Chick Levy,” and later as “Oscal,” was celebrated as the premier pitcher in Panama before joining the Cuban Stars and Hilldale Daisies in the Negro Leagues.
Attendees at the 2026 Atlanta Summit of Black Pastors and Rabbis, Aug. 29, 2026.

Black-Jewish alliance isn’t nostalgia. We need it to defend democracy - opinion

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Knesset plenum.

Israel cannot demand unity while governing inequality - opinion

African-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, centre) among other marchers is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (far right)

United against hate: Why Black and Jewish communities in America must stand together


Over 170 celebrities join Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance

“I think we are all much more aware of patterns of systemic racism and the damage done to us all when anyone is denigrated," Mayim Bialik told The Jerusalem Post via email.

TV star Mayim Bialik.

2021 NAACP Image Awards: Jewish nominees, from Daveed Diggs to Doja Cat

The ceremony will air virtually on March 27. Here are the Jews to know.

51st NAACP Image Awards: Tracee Ellis Ross poses backstage with her Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for "Blackish

'Pinprick of light' Black Jewish novelist wins lifetime achievement award

"To be a Jew is to be a part of a tribe,” Mosley said, "in the end you’re always answerable to your blood.”

Actor Don Cheadle (L), one of the co-stars in the new film "Devil In A Blue Dress," poses with novelist Walter Mosley at the post-premiere party at The Beverly Hills Hotel, September 22. The film, based on Mosley's novel of the same name, is set in Los Angeles during the 1940's and deals with the in

Annamie Paul becomes first Black and Jewish Canadian party leader

Paul has previously worked as an advisor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and as a political officer in Canada’s Mission to the European Union in Brussels.

Annamie Paul in Toronto Regent Park during the 2019 Federal Election

Jewish organizations offering $5K for info on attack against Black Jewish teen

Jewish organizations in the United States issued statements strongly condemning the attack on Bernstein.

Protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington

Annamie Paul wants to be the first Black-Jewish leader of a Canadian party

Paul is a lawyer who has dedicated her career to public affairs.

Annamie Paul is trying to make Canadian Jewish history

How I learned to love myself as a Black Jew

Even though I am not consciously thinking about all of my identities every second of every day, they all inform the way I lead my life and the ways in which the world sees and interacts with me.

How I learned to love myself as a Black Jew