American Black Journal previews the new PBS documentary series from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. called "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History." Host Stephen Henderson discusses the film's ...

A discussion of the Black Jewish American experience. A discussion of the Black Jewish American experience and the stories that live at the intersection of Black and Jewish communities. Host Kenia ...

You may have read recently how minions of the Trump administration removed an exhibit about slavery from the President's House in Philadelphia (where George Washington lived, with slaves) as part of ...

Professor Samira Mehta, Women & Gender Studies Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, is featured in a new PBS docuseries exploring the history behind black and Jewish ...

The first enslaved Black people in English-speaking America arrived in 1619 in Virginia. The first Jewish settler arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654. Thereafter, over the next 400 years, two radically ...

Playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith is looking back at her provocative theater work in Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History. The ongoing four-part docuseries spotlights the complex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the record: 12:16 p.m. Feb. 4, 2026: An earlier version of this article stated that Abraham Heschel marched with Martin Luther ...

The four episode docuseries spans five centuries of Jewish and Black American relations, from the slave trade to Oct. 7. Passover may still be months away, but PBS is seating a diverse set of Jews ...

Phil Bertelsen and Sara Wolitzky discuss the urgency, structure, and legacy behind PBS’ four-part series “BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY,” executive produced and hosted by Dr. Henry ...

CU Boulder’s Samira Mehta appears in a new PBS documentary exploring the intertwined narratives of Black and Jewish communities and the moments that connect them.

It’s too easy to see the centuries-old relationship between Black and Jewish Americans as either a model of harmony or a bitter conflict. It’s really not even a pendulum, which swings neatly back and ...