Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices by Russell, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi
Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices by Russell, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi

Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices

Black, Jewish, and Beautifulbrings together powerful perspectives and showcases the vastly divergent ways people come to inhabit...
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Author: Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
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Language: English
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Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices by Russell, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi

Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices

$35.94
Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices by Russell, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi

Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices

$35.94
Author: Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Black, Jewish, and Beautifulbrings together powerful perspectives and showcases the vastly divergent ways people come to inhabit a shared Blewish, or Black Jewish identity. These voices demonstrate that Black Jewishness is just one dimension of their multifaceted lives as they explore how they feel, think, and make sense of who they are.

Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan bring together an array of oral histories, essays, and interviews of Black Jews by birth, others who converted, and those who were raised one way only to discover later that their identity was not what they had thought. The result is a collection of myriad narratives, told through rocky, sometimes-frayed structures. Contributors are open and frank in their discussion of the good, the bad, and the ugly, the heart wrenching, and the beautiful in their experiences.

Black, Jewish, and Beautifulis an essential read for anyone interested in the exploration of belonging and the richness of nuanced identity in contemporary life.

Author: Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 10/19/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.00w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780815612209


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/14/2026

About the Author

Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell is a vocalist, composer, and arranger specializing in music in the Yiddish language. His essays on music and culture have appeared in a number of publications, including Jewish Currents and Moment Magazine.

Sara Feldman is lecturer in Yiddish at the University of California, Berkeley. Her recent publications appear in In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies, Oxford Bibliographies, and Artifacts of Orthodox Childhoods.

Brett Ashley Kaplan directs the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies and is a professor of comparative and world literature at the University of Illinois. Her books include Unwanted Beauty: Aesthetic Pleasure in Holocaust Representation, Landscapes of Holocaust Postmemory, and Jewish Anxiety in the Novels of Philip Roth.
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