Jews of Color Sanctuary

Jews of Color Sanctuary is a support network connecting Jewish people of color in Cincinnati and the Midwest with the national landscape. We create events that center Jewish people of color, cultivate learning and ritual space, advocate for broader reflection of Jewish diversity, and partner with organizations to foster welcoming and engaging Jewish spaces, programming, and rituals.

2025 / 5786 Events:

10/16/25 Under One Harvest Moon
11/15/25 Bilhah & Zilpah: Ancestral Stories, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
11/16/25 Nigerian Jews of Lagos & Ogidi, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
11/23/25 Bilhah Zilpah Homecoming – Bilhah & Zilpah Enter
12/7/25 Bilhah Zilpah Homecoming – Modern Matriarchs
12/21/25 Bilhah Zilpah Homecoming – Ancestral Stories
12/28/25 Bilhah Zilpah: Ancestral Stories
1/11/26 Bilhah Zilpah: Ancestral Stories
1/25/26 Bilhah Zilpah: Ancestral Stories

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WATERS OF JUSTICE

The last session of the Let Justice Well Up text study series on December 11 closed out the Jews of Color Sanctuary program 2022 calendar. Feedback from the series last January led to the development of a dynamic opportunity to study elements of our modern lives through Torah texts centered around water.

It is a rare gift to be in an affinity space of women of color. Our conversations reflected the incredible range of insight and experience. ללמד lilmod holds both learn and teach. Any teacher will tell you how much they learn much from students. So too, Judaism holds moments of teaching made more powerful as we learn from each other.

There are special opportunities lot brewing for 2023. I look forward to continuing the journey with you, both nationally and locally.

INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN SECULAR & BIBLICAL TORAH

Posted on January 2, 2026 by jocsantuary

The Bilhah Zilpah Homecoming, our largest event of the year, was well attended. This annual event, now in its third year, has become a meaningful way to reclaim, remember, and celebrate these Jewish matriarchs. While Homecoming closed when Zilpah and Bilhah were named for the last time in the Torah, for this year, we have … Continue reading INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN SECULAR & BIBLICAL TORAH →

BILHAH & ZILPAH ARE COMING HOME

Posted on November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 by jocsantuary

The Bilhah Zilpah Project, which started in 2020 as an independent study project, has become our biggest event of the year since finding a project home at Jews of Color Sanctuary. Homecoming is a series of events open to the entire Jewish community which usually begins on the Sunday before the Shabbat of parashat Vayeitzei, … Continue reading BILHAH & ZILPAH ARE COMING HOME →

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