“Sometimes I wish that I was more brown because a lot of people don’t understand that I’m half and half,” says a 15-year-old girl who is half white and half Ethiopian. “People always think I am Yemenite or Indian.”
Joanie Leeds, a children’s musician and Grammy winner in New York City, and Mikey Pauker, a self-described “devotional rock” artist from California, are working on a formal proposal to add “best Jewish music album” to the list of Grammys awarded each year.
During these times of strife, one wishes for a transcendent work of art, a film perhaps, that can help break down the walls of fear and resentment between our peoples, push back against stereotypes and foster healing. “You People” is not that film.
“No one is listening to us” by Tosha Stimage is the first work of art featuring the Palestinian flag to be shown at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco in recent memory.
“I don’t really want to hear his voice anymore because I just associate him with spewing hate,” said one former fan of Ye’s.