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April 20, 2021
How and why Afro-Asian Jews in Israel became associated and engaged with Global Black thought throughout the 20th century will be explored in a virtual talk by Professor Bryan K. Roby on Thursday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Registration is required.
Bryan K. Roby
In his talk, “Israel in Black & White: The Centrality of Black Thought for Afro-Asian Jewry in Israel Roby will reflect on present-day Black cultural production in Israel and look at shifting notions of Blackness and Jewishness among Mizrahi and Ethiopian Israelis.
“Roby is an innovative scholar of social movements. Those familiar with the Israeli Black Panther movement of the 1970s immediately understood that they had taken their inspiration from the Black Panthers in the United States. Roby’s scholarship shows us how much deeper the connections run. I look forward to hearing his analysis of the continued influence of black thought on identity and social movements in Israel today,” says De
WebTalk | The Holocaust in North Africa: A Yom Hashoah Event 08 Apr 2021 share this on
Ahead of Yom HaShoah, Professor Bryan K. Roby of the University of Michigan joined the World Jewish Congress for the latest installment of WebTalks to discuss the often-overlooked story of Jews in North Africa during the Holocaust.
A leading expert on 20th century Israeli and North African Jewish history, Professor Roby shared his thoughts on why the legacy of Jews in North Africa is often excluded from traditional Holocaust education and scholarship, contending that the situation in North Africa was “not as dire” as it was in Europe. As France and Italy continued their colonial and imperial rule over North Africa, Jews in those countries were greatly affected by Nazi Germany occupying the respective mother countries in Europe, including with discriminatory racial laws. Moreover, the lack of “public engagement with Afro-Asian Jew[ish history], parti