Are Black Jews in New York Really All That Surprising?
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In some parts, actually: yeah. Take Crown Heights, for example, where the African-American and Orthodox Jewish communities rioted against each other only less than two decades ago. The New York Times pointed out the seemingly surprising crossover in Crown Heights specifically as a Black Orthodox Jew, Yoseph Robinson, was killed in a robbery recently. It was followed by this, the anthropological crossover interest that it piqued. Although a few days old, the article is, by all means, excellent reading.
And now, apropos of only that, after the jump, a list of famous Black Jews I forgot or didn't know were Jewish from this awesome list on Wikipedia:
- Lisa Bonet
- Lenny Kravitz
- Drake ("Drizzy")
- Sean Paul
- Robin Washington
- Willie Smith
- Rebecca Walker
- Maya Rudolph
- Shyne
- Jesus*.
- Rashida Jones
- Lewis Gordon
- Linda Bellos
- Jackie Wilson
- Craig David
- Sammy Davis Jr.
*Not actually on the list, but whatever, you know it's true.
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