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‘Kosher Soul’ plays on stereotypes — amusing some, angering others

On: February 27, 2015

By Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the first episode of “Kosher Soul,” O’Neal McKnight, a Southern-raised African-American man about to marry a white Jewish woman from Seattle, has an epiphany about his upcoming marriage — it’s like a black-and-white cookie. “It’s all about the whole cookie,” heContinue Reading

In shadow of Ferguson, group builds ties across racial and cultural lines

By: Federation

On: August 26, 2014

In: The Jewish Nation

By Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service (JTA) — On the evening of Aug. 12, after two consecutive nights of clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo., Mikal Smith rose to address a community meeting in the neighboring city of Florissant. In front of Gov. Jay Nixon, Obama administrationContinue Reading