(RNS) — Despite both having a history of persecution, the groups’ alliance has repeatedly been tested.

In a moment marked by polarization, Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History resists easy narratives. Instead, it ...

The Black and Jewish communities found themselves swimming against parallel currents,” said host Henry Louis Gates Jr.

“Black and Jewish America” is hosted, produced and written by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — known for his PBS television show “Finding Your Roots” as well as being a professor, historian and literary ...

As part of Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media’s first-ever Jewish Resilience Film and Media Series, the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History hosted a showing of the documentary “Torn,” followed ...

PBS and WETA will release Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History, a new four-part docuseries that explores the complex relationship between Black Americans and Jewish Americans. From ...

Soul on Fire,' airing on PBS in the US on January 27, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky examines the Nobel laureate through his ...

Explore the Center for Jewish History—home to the largest Jewish archive in the country. Located just a few steps away from New York City’s Union Square, the Center for Jewish History is home to the ...

Roy Schwartz, Danny Fingeroth, Tony Kim and Dr. Miriam Eve Mora discuss their documentary. Roy Schwartz, Danny Fingeroth, Tony Kim and Dr. Miriam Eve Mora discuss the new documentary “JewCE: The ...

In late 2023, New York City Education Department officials approached historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to be the lead scholar on a new curriculum focused on Jewish American history. The project ...

In the premier episode Let My People Go, Gates explores the early history, alliances and the core differences at the start of ...