The focus of our country on racism and the Black Lives Matter movement has led to important conversations within the American Jewish community. Last May a controversial article was published in eJewishPhilanthropy. The authors of the article questioned the results of a survey identifying the number of Jews of Color in the US. They argued the number was closer to 6% rather than 12-15% cited in the survey. This raises a number of questions. Who is a Jew and Who is a Jew of Color? Who decides? How are Jews found to participate in surveys about American Jews? What does it mean if the number is 6% or 12-15%? What are Jews of Color saying? The original article and two responses are listed below to get us started.

 eJewishPhilanthropy: https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/how-many-jews-of-color-are-there/

 Jewish News of Northern California: https://www.jweekly.com/2020/06/04/i-helped-coin-the-term-jews-of-color-its-time-for-a-history-lesson/

 Jewish Telegraph Agency: https://www.jta.org/2020/05/20/opinion/to-accurately-count-jews-of-color-we-need-to-radically-change-our-assumptions-about-jews

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