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When Danielle Torain took the job last year she thought her focus would be economic inequality and the digital divide. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck.
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Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in August, 2020.
Half of the students in the Zoom class were from Liberty Grace Church of God, a Black Baptist church in Baltimore. The other half attended the Jewish day school affiliated with Beth Tfiloh Congregation, in the Baltimore suburbs.
One teacher was Black and Christian. The other was white and Jewish.
Over a week in July, they gathered together on Zoom to plan an iPad-guided historical walking tour of the city’s Forest Park section, which in the 1950s and early 1960s was integrated Black and Jewish.
COVID-19 Continues to Affect Black Community At All Time High
By Kimberlee Buck Hayes, Contributing Writer
Published December 24, 2020
Rev. Dr. Terris King of Baltimore is helping lead a local coalition to raise awareness about the importance of getting a flu vaccine. According to King, increasing the number of people getting the flu vaccine has never been more important to communities of color. (Photo courtesy of CDC Facebook Page)
It’s no secret that Blacks are at a higher risk of combating illnesses like diabetes, asthma, heart disease, stroke, cancer, the flu, and pneumonia compared to Whites. The truth is, the Black community is living with diseases that are typically more common for other races at older ages.