America’s Black-Jewish Story Gets an Update on New PBS Series Featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty and More

New PBS docuseries examines the ‘interwoven history’ of Black and Jewish Americans

(RNS) — Despite both having a history of persecution, the groups’ alliance has repeatedly been tested.

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America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update on new PBS series featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty and more

Passover may still be months away, but PBS is seating a diverse set of Jews down for a seder this week — casting the communal storytelling meal as an ideal entry point for exploring the complicated history of Black-Jewish relations in the United States. The meal can be seen in “Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History,” which begins airing on Tuesday evening, and it features a diverse set of Jews — including many who are Black — discussin…

In ‘Black and Jewish America,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr explores the history of Black-Jewish partnership and conflict

The new PBS series Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History is not the first piece of media to investigate the relationship between the two communities. But what’s unique about the program, narrated by scholar and Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates Jr., is that it doesn’t shy away from the historic complexities of this partnership — and the many times it almost fell apart. Alarmed by the recent rise in white supremacist hate crimes…

America’s Black-Jewish Story Receives Update on PBS Series

The four-episode docuseries with Henry Louis Gates, which premieres tonight, spans five centuries of Jewish and Black American relations, from the slave trade to Oct. 7. The post America’s Black-Jewish Story Receives Update on PBS Series appeared first on JMORE.

Tuesday, Feb. 3: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores 'Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History'

Learn about the core differences at the start of the Black and Jewish American stories, as well as overlapping struggle, faith, resilience, and early civic partnerships by the 1920s. [...] The post Tuesday, Feb. 3: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores ‘Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History’ appeared first on StayTuned Magazine.