{"product_id":"black-jewish-and-beautiful-contemporary-blewish-voices-9780815612209","title":"Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack, Jewish, and Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003ebrings together powerful perspectives and showcases the vastly divergent ways people come to inhabit a shared Blewish, or Black Jewish identity. These voices demonstrate that Black Jewishness is just one dimension of their multifaceted lives as they explore how they feel, think, and make sense of who they are. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan bring together an array of oral histories, essays, and interviews of Black Jews by birth, others who converted, and those who were raised one way only to discover later that their identity was not what they had thought. The result is a collection of myriad narratives, told through rocky, sometimes-frayed structures. Contributors are open and frank in their discussion of the good, the bad, and the ugly, the heart wrenching, and the beautiful in their experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack, Jewish, and Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003eis an essential read for anyone interested in the exploration of belonging and the richness of nuanced identity in contemporary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-18431602\"\u003eAnthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.00w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815612209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815612206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies | African American \u0026amp; Black Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC049000\"\u003eJewish Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC041000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell\u003c\/b\u003e is a vocalist, composer, and arranger specializing in music in the Yiddish language. His essays on music and culture have appeared in a number of publications, including \u003ci\u003eJewish Currents \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoment Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Feldman \u003c\/b\u003eis preceptor in Yiddish in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. She is a co-organizer of Harvard's Black and Jewish: A Talk Series and co-author of \"Voices from Black Lives Matter Protests \/ \u003ci\u003eKoyles fun blek layvs meter protestn\u003c\/i\u003e\" in \u003ci\u003eIn geveb\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays, translations, and scholarship appear in \u003ci\u003eSlavic and East European Journal, Apikorsus, AJS Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBaltic Worlds, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrett Ashley Kaplan \u003c\/b\u003edirects the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies and is a professor of comparative and world literature at the University of Illinois. Her books include \u003ci\u003eUnwanted Beauty: Aesthetic Pleasure in Holocaust Representation, Landscapes of Holocaust Postmemory, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJewish Anxiety in the Novels of Philip Roth.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229502394665,"sku":"9780815612209","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/9780815612209.jpg?v=1790359634","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/black-jewish-and-beautiful-contemporary-blewish-voices-9780815612209","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}