Recent Work
‘What Jewish Looks Like’: Children’s book highlights 36 diverse ‘heroes’
The subjects include the famous, such as basketball player Sue Bird, and the less well-known, such as Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) leader Uri Ben Baruch.
For Beth Sholom’s new Kenyan rabbinic intern, San Francisco is a long way from home
Samson Nderitu Njogu’s journey from East Africa to the West Coast of the United States — and from Messianic Judaism to mainstream Judaism and rabbinical school — is a uniquely modern Jewish story.
The Israeli army once excluded African Hebrew Israelites. Now one is an IDF social media star.
How did a young Hebrew woman become one of the public faces of the IDF? And what does it mean for her and her community?
About Me
I’m an American journalist focusing on religion, race, and their intersection. I lived in Israel for several years and was a staff writer at Haaretz. I’m currently at work on a book about the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, also known as the Black Hebrews of Dimona, the largest organized community of African American expatriates in the world.
I have a BA from Harvard College in African and African American Studies and a MA from Tel Aviv University in Middle East and North African History. I live in Palo Alto, California with my wife and daughter.
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Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King