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Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s

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This talk will lay out a new understanding of Jewish participation in the civil rights movement of the 1950s, the rise of Black Power in the 1960s, and the Jewish ethnic and religious revival of the 1970s. In a period best known for the rise of Black antisemitism and the breakdown of the Black-Jewish alliance, Black nationalists enabled Jewish activists to devise a new Judeo-centered political agenda―including Soviet Jewish emancipation, Jewish day schools, and new forms of Zionism. A new political consensus, based on identity politics, drew blacks and Jews together and altered the course of American liberalism.

In an effort to deepen public understanding of race, this free online lecture series beginning January 2021 uses the prism of Jewish experience to examine intersections of race and religion, drawing lessons from the history of antisemitism, examining the role of Jews in the racialized culture of the United States, and exploring the role of race in Jewish identity. Leading scholars in Jewish Studies, Critical Race Studies, and Religious Studies will share insights and research that deepens the conversation about race, racism and anti-racism in contemporary society, both American and Jewish.

Panelist:
Marc Dollinger

Marc Dollinger holds the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University. He is author of four scholarly books in American Jewish history, most recently Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s. He has published entries in the Encyclopedia Judaica, the Encyclopedia of Antisemitism, and the Encyclopedia of African American Education, and his next project traces his own experience fighting campus antisemitism at both right-wing and left-wing universities. Dr. Dollinger has spoken about his research on Don Lemon’s CNN-podcast “Silence Is Not an Option,” as well as the NFL Network and ESPN. Just for fun, he helped actress Helen Hunt learn about her Jewish roots on the primetime NBC show, “Who Do You Think You Are?”

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