Comments on: This Week in “I’m sorry, what now?” : First Black Female Rabbi http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/06/05/this-week-in-im-sorry-what-now-first-black-female-rabbi/ You say "Black", "African American", "Negro" - We Say "Awesome." Check out the Award Winning TWiB! for the latest in Politics, Pop-Culture & Race. Oh, and seriously....we're AWESOME. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Roxie http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/06/05/this-week-in-im-sorry-what-now-first-black-female-rabbi/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Roxie Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:11:15 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=678#comment-905 Damn. she gave up bacon. Damn. she gave up bacon.

]]> By: Bashley http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/06/05/this-week-in-im-sorry-what-now-first-black-female-rabbi/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Bashley Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:01:11 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=678#comment-454 Congratulations Rabbi Stanton. Congratulations Rabbi Stanton.

]]> By: JC http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/06/05/this-week-in-im-sorry-what-now-first-black-female-rabbi/comment-page-1/#comment-427 JC Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:32:25 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=678#comment-427 I suspect you're only familiar with the Ashkenazi Jews who are the biggest group in the US (Jews of Eastern European backgrounds, who tend to be light skinned). There are Jews all over the world, including in Africa, and even in the US, not all Jews are Ashkenazi. So while white people like to get het up about pretty much anything, we've got no business policing who's Jewish by the color of their skin (which won't necessarily stop us, but that will just be showing yet again our ignorance). I suspect you’re only familiar with the Ashkenazi Jews who are the biggest group in the US (Jews of Eastern European backgrounds, who tend to be light skinned). There are Jews all over the world, including in Africa, and even in the US, not all Jews are Ashkenazi. So while white people like to get het up about pretty much anything, we’ve got no business policing who’s Jewish by the color of their skin (which won’t necessarily stop us, but that will just be showing yet again our ignorance).

]]> By: Lanf http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/06/05/this-week-in-im-sorry-what-now-first-black-female-rabbi/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Lanf Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:23:50 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=678#comment-426 I'm not black or Jewish, so the best I can muster is "Mmmm, okay. You do your thing." I can only get excited about a finite number of things in a day and must ration myself appropriately. (I do promise never to start throwing things.) I’m not black or Jewish, so the best I can muster is “Mmmm, okay. You do your thing.” I can only get excited about a finite number of things in a day and must ration myself appropriately.

(I do promise never to start throwing things.)

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