The Colors of Jews

Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz exposes and challenges the common assumptionsabout whom and what Jews are, by presenting in their own voices, Jews of color fromthe Iberian Peninsula, Asia, Africa, and India. Drawing from her earlier work onJews and whiteness, Kaye/Kantrowitz delves into the largely uncharted territory ofJews of color and argues that Jews are an increasingly multiracial people -- a factthat, if acknowledged and embraced, could foster cross-race solidarity to helpcombat racism. This engaging and eye-opening book examines the historical andcontemporary views on Jews and whiteness as well as the complexities ofAfrican/Jewish relations, the racial mix and disparate voices of the Jewishcommunity, contemporary Jewish anti-racist and multicultural models, and thediasporic state of Jewish life in the United States.