
First Black American Woman Ordained as Cantor Vows to ‘Inspire Others to Sing’
Raised Christian in Southern California, Jenni Asher embraced Judaism as an adult – a path that led her to two conversions and a historic cantorial ordination.

Raised Christian in Southern California, Jenni Asher embraced Judaism as an adult – a path that led her to two conversions and a historic cantorial ordination.

With ‘The Black and Jewish Podcast,’ Ashira Solomon hopes to create a space where Blacks and Jews in America can work out their differences.

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.

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.

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?