Jews Of Color Press For AcceptancePosted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Judaism, Media Archive, Religion, United States on 2016-10-19 17:58Z by Steven |
Jews Of Color Press For Acceptance
The New York Jewish Week
2016-10-06
Hannah Dreyfus, Staff Writer
The Changing face of the Jewish Community. JW
This the first of a two part feature on the changing face of the Jewish Community. Read part two here.
Hair has a lot to do with it, according to Sophia Weinstock.
Weinstock, 21, the daughter of an Ashkenazi father and African-American and Puerto Rican mother, first noticed her hair was different as a young girl growing up in the Orthodox community of Staten Island. Her dark, tightly bound curls, tinged with blond at the ends, resisted all efforts to be tamed, though she tried desperately to pull them back.
“People have always looked at my hair, even touched my hair, and said, ‘Wow, you look so ethnic!’” said the law school-bound Columbia University senior. “I hate that word. It’s like this encapsulating term for everything that is ‘other.’”…
Read the entire article here.