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.

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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.

Count­ing the Stones: What Səgd (ስግድ) Teach­es Us About Solidarity

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Shu­la Mola, November 5, 2026 Not long ago, I heard a sto­ry about why women car­ried stones up the moun­tain dur­ing Səgd, the Ethiopi­an Jew­ish hol­i­day of renew­ing the covenant with God. I grew up know­ing that peo­ple car­ried stones as they climbed the moun­tain. Ethiopi­an Jews ascend­ed dressed in white, hav­ing pre­pared through rit­u­als of purifi­ca­tion. The stones … Continue reading Count­ing the Stones: What Səgd (ስግድ) Teach­es Us About Solidarity →

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