Am-Asian racism is difficult to discuss precisely b/c habits of silence, & I’ve seen some bad takes abt why Jews should care about such so-called “intergroup” issues (
) but also some well-meaning missteps presume one needs to draw parallels w/Jewish experience. Thus means a lot
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And someone just sent me this from
@jdforward toohttps://forward.com/opinion/466221/asian-american-jews-atlanta-hate-crimes-speak/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2123747 …Show this thread -
ICYMI this
@hey_alma piece@reebsthereader is especially powerfulhttps://www.heyalma.com/asian-jews-are-suffering-we-need-you-to-listen/ …Show this thread -
Also in
@hey_alma, a heartbreaking call + powerful reflection on the opportunities of the moment from @ricewinebabehttps://www.heyalma.com/anti-asian-violence-has-been-ignored-for-too-long-heres-how-jews-can-help/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …Show this thread -
This is also a great profile
@teachntransform - so timely on multiple frontshttps://www.heyalma.com/liz-kleinrock-is-here-to-talk-about-the-intersection-of-religion-and-anti-racism/ …Show this thread -
It was quite a gut-punch to read about the particular challenges for Asian Jewish parenting
@Kveller (also reprinted in@jdforward)https://www.kveller.com/raising-asian-jewish-kids-in-the-u-s-has-never-been-more-scary/ …Show this thread -
And special gratitude to these and other Asian Jews sharing their stories now - even despite the widespread harassment of Jews of Color on Twitter (which, e.g., is why I usually never discuss my own Jewishness here....)
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@JTAnews - a version of a round-up that I’ve also seen elsewhere too, similarly making the meaningful choice of countering a problem exacerbated by invisibility by making space to hear “their own words”https://www.jta.org/2021/03/19/united-states/this-has-been-exhausting-asian-american-jews-on-the-atlanta-spa-murders-and-rising-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-their-own-words …Show this thread -
And if you know of other pieces I missed, please let me know or add here!
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Mira Baum, “A Letter to the Jewish Community from an Asian American Jew” (with thanks
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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (who has long been perhaps the most visible and vocal Asian Jew in America) also spoke on anti-Asian racism thus past Shabbat (H/T
@TheRaDR)https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6cZhaB3wI_A&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2gkyIA6k5l9x7IbzF4V5dZxF-8pJJo_Mgstk2XbNF5hLBBk7oS6IxK34g …Show this thread -
Writing before Atlanta shootings, Bekka Scharf, who self-identifies as a mixed heritage Chinese-American & Ashkenazi Jew
@LilithMagazine, here speaks powerfully (& sadly presciently) to rise of anti-Asian violence & Jewish silence (H/T@sillyhead)https://lilith.org/2021/02/where-are-the-jews/ …Show this thread -
Bekka Scharf
@LilithMagazine with some poignant#pesach reflections in light of Atlanta shootingshttps://lilith.org/2021/03/this-passover-we-keep-us-safe/ …Show this thread -
My
@nyuhebrewjudaic colleague, Prof. Hasia Diner, suggests Helen Kiyong Kim & Noah Samuel Leavitt’s *JewAsian* for a sense of the broader history https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803285651/ … - and happily Prof. Diner’s thoughtful review of the book is online + open access! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2017.1329544?casa_token=6tJqOSexjYwAAAAA:rVheA4lqJuRDdlA20tcxEqM_aMRAonbTgn5Ldq8aZPcwdqiksXu3cAVqRNjxj3P8YbYu90HKRhDRtQ …Show this thread
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