On Stance, we explore the question: what does it mean to be a Jewish person of color in America today?
We chat with a range of voices from this growing demographic, in the worlds of philosophy, pop culture, community organizing, and journalism.
Plus, we cover music with Jazz Musician Enji to learn more about her mesmerizing new record, Ulan.
At a Sukkot celebration, a few members of the Jews of Color Initiative team, Jade Groobman, Sarah Starks and Riki Robinson, discuss their hopes, dreams and their work building more community in Jewish spaces.
CEO of Jews of Color Initiative, Ilana Kaufman takes us through their mission to build a professional, organizational and communal space for Jews of Color. She discusses the importance of accurately capturing data about Jews of Color, and of empowering them into leadership roles.
Writer, Hanah Bloom, tackles the model minority myth twice over in her essay about being a Japanese American Jew, published in Hey Alma, a contemporary online community. She reads her essay and chats about some of the responses that followed.
Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs, Lewis R. Gordon offers us another glimpse into the diverse history of Jewish peoples, as he shares his experience navigating between the Jewish community in Jamaica and the Jewish community in the US.
We end this topic with Robin Washington, a journalist and Editor-At-Large for The Forward, a US Jewish news and culture publication founded in 1897. He reflects on what it means to be a Black Jew after the horrors of October 7.
We chat with vocalist and composer Enji about her musical journey and the inspiration behind her third solo album, Ulaan. Enji’s unique and expansive sound combines jazz, contemporary folk, and the ancient Mongolian musical tradition of Long Song. She talks with us about how combining the creative freedom of jazz with her Mongolian heritage enables her to express more of her authentic self.
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Episode 30: Brazilian Dance with Deborah Colker; Low Born by Kerry Hudson; Wasfi Kani on Porgy and Bess.
Ep. 29: Manchester’s LGBTQ+ Story; Singer and Poet Jamila Woods; Smack That.
Episode 28: Valeria Luiselli; Creative Growth Arts; KOKOKO!
Episode 27: Actor & Director Adjoa Andoh; Norway’s Borealis Festival feat Juliana Huxtable; Colin Self; Last Yearz Interesting Negro + more
Episode 26: NAO + Demystifying Yoga
Episode 25: Her Islam; Actor and MC Paigey Cakey; Kader Attia’s La Colonie in Paris
Episode 24: Way With Words; Armina Mussa, Artist & Creative Director of Saint Heron; Mind: Creativity in the City
Episode 23: On Beauty; Turner Prize Nominee Naeem Mohaiemen; Mind: Design in the City
Stance Takes: The Power of Culture with Tarana Burke, Janet Mock, Rafael Casal, Nnedi Okorafor & Marc Bamuthi-Joseph
Episode 22: Voting… Power to the People?; Sayaka Murata; Fatimah Asghar & John Cooper Clarke
Stance Takes: Black History Month - The Debate
Episode 21: Magnifying Masculinity, Kate Tempest, Desiree Akhavan
Stance Takes: Donald Glover's Atlanta
Episode 20: Coming of Age, Playwright & Poet Inua Ellams, Ibibio Sound Machine
Episode 19: Class Ceiling in the Arts, Jessie Ware, Hofesh Shechter
Episode 18: The PTSD We Are Not Talking About, Filmmaker Khalik Allah, Feminist Five Activist Li Maizi
Episode 17: Modern Mumbai; A Ballet Collaboration with Grammy-Winning Musician Zakir Hussain; Playwright Natasha Gordon
Episode 16: The Future of Drugs; Choreographer Holly Blakey; Writer Nikesh Shukla
Episode 15: Alternative Realities - Witches?, Kamila Shamsie, Kaytranada
Episode 14: French Artist JR, Palestinian Filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud, Future of Centrism
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