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The African Hebrew Israelites deserve Israeli citizenship after nearly 50 years in the country. My case @haaretzcom. haaretz.com/opinion/.premium…
“Lindy Waters III carries with pride his Kiowa and Cherokee bloodlines as one of three indigenous players — along with Dallas guard Kyrie Irving (Lakota) and Milwaukee forward MarJon Beauchamp (Mission, Luiseño) — active today in the NBA.” sfchronicle.com/sports/warri…
Marcus Garvey, who was just pardoned by Biden, blamed Jews for his mail fraud conviction. history.com/topics/black-his…
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On his final full day in office, President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and has pardoned immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir and criminal justice reform advocate Kemba Smith Pradia. apnews.com/article/biden-par…
Chappelle name checks Jimmy Carter’s “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” and calls Carter a “great man” for visiting the Palestinian Territories after the book came out.
“The story of the Jews was extremely important to [Zora Neale] Hurston, as important as her mission, far better known, to preserve and to celebrate the style, speech, and folklore of the African diaspora.” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
In 1992, Tom Hanks played an aggressive (and apparently racist) Israeli game show host in an SNL skit. It’s pretty wild! youtu.be/_36z3Hk7wl4?si=AB6k…
“[Yinon] Magal says that he is both a journalist and an entertainer, just ‘as a cucumber is both green and long.’” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
To be clear, I’ve never accused Ross or Kendrick of disparaging Drake’s Jewishness. I’ve reported what *others* thought about the questionable lines. In my own analysis piece, I argued that much of the online chatter has strayed far from the music. forward.com/culture/music/68…
Colman Domingo was a b’nai mitzvah party motivator! newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…
Tiffany Haddish has also talked about her pre-fame experiences as a party motivator, or “energy producer.” youtu.be/98CtvqiNfOo?si=y2Wo…
Fun fact: That gold necklace has the lyrics of Debbie Friedman’s “Mi Shebeirach” engraved on it. jweekly.com/2024/07/26/why-m…
In his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, Drake alleges that the “colonizer” line in “Not Like Us” is indeed a reference to his Jewish heritage.
Vindication for Thomas Chatterton Williams, who was clowned by Twitter for making that connection in an Atlantic piece?
“You can’t tell me I’m wrong for being Hebrew Israelite.” thesource.com/2025/01/13/kod…













