The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity

What has it meant to be Jewish in a nation defined by the categories of Black and White? Are American Jews of European background members of a vulnerable minority group or part of the privileged white majority? Or both? This discussion will examine the uneasy place Jews have held in America’s racial culture since the late nineteenth century and also ask what role they have to play in today’s movements for racial justice.

An associate professor at Emory University, with a joint appointment in the History Department and the Institute for Jewish Studies, Dr. Goldstein’s work has focused on American Jewish history with particular attention to the complicated status of Jews in the United States.  This talk should be both fascinating and timely.

As always Jewish Studies talks are free and open to the public.

Zoom link:  https://csulb.zoom.us/j/83988184481