Sunday 30 June 2013

Bi-Racial Jews: Michelle Obama's cousin Rabbi Capers Funnye

New York Daily News journalist Simone Weichselbaum and Michelle Obama's cousin Rabbi Capers Funnye talk about being non-white (and in Simone's case, bi-racial) Jews. Jewish people are more diverse than many assume-20% of America's 6 million Jews or 1,200,000 are African American, Latino/ Hispanic, Asian, Sephardic (Spanish/Portuguese descent), Mizrahi (North African and Middle Eastern descent) and Mixed-race. Simone Weichselbaum and Rabbi Funnye discuss their experiences as Jewish people of color. "



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