Racial Justice Resources

Below are resources for Jewish organizations that are interested in applying a racial justice lens, both internally and externally, to their work, including educational opportunities, policies and practices, and more.

Resources for and by Jewish Organizations

From us, the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, a research report, From Strength To Strength: Lessons On Racial Equity Work From Our Jewish Social Justice Field, a Racial Justice Framework and Guiding Principles, and printable posters of the Guiding Principles

Organizations serving Jews of Color: Ammud Jews of Color Torah Academy, Atlanta Jews of Color Council, Be’chol Lashon, Dimensions, Edot: The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative, Jewish Multiracial Network, Jews in ALL Hues, Jews of Color Initiative, Jewtina y. Co, Mitsui Collective, The Jews of Color Mishpacha Project, The LUNAR Collective

A trove of tools and resources from The Management Center that support strong internal racial equity practices and organizational culture and operations

A Privilege Checklist and other resources created by the Jewish Multiracial Network to understand what might not be available to Jews of Color

Racial Diversity and the American Jewish Community: Best Practices to Build Cultural Competence in Jewish Communal Organizations, by Diane Tobin and Aryeh Weinberg

An Organizational Assessment from Jewish Multiracial Network, modified for Jewish social justice organizations

Passover Haggadot from Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Racial Justice Resources from the Religious Action Center of the Union for Reform Judaism

Privilege Checklists, compiled by Urban Adamah, for better understanding what it is like to have white privilege, able-bodied privilege, male privilege, middle/upper-class privilege, or cisgender privilege

Essays and other resources on race at Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations from Reconstructing Judaism

Guides and Toolkits on Racial Justice (and other social justice issues) from Repair the World, including Guide to Respectful Conversations and Racial Justice and a Lesson On Privilege

Anti-Racism Resources from T'ruah: the rabbinic call for human rights

Resources for Addressing Racism Within Organizations

Racial Equity Impact Assessment Tool from Race Forward

Dancing on Live Embers; Challenging Racism in Organizations by Barb Thomas and Tina Lopes

A variety of resources from Racial Equity Tools

Awake to Woke to Work from Equity in the Center

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