Understanding Racism Additional Resources

Perspectives on Multiracial Judaism, via Jewish Multiracial Network 
(More resources and information available at link)

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

• Black, Jewish and Interracial: It’s Not the Color of Your Skin, But the Race of Your Kin, and Other Myths of Identity (1997), by Katya Bibel Azoulay 
• Black, White and Jewish (2002), by Rebecca Walker
• Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk about Race and Identity (1995), by Lise Funderberg 
• Lovesong: Becoming a Jew (1988), by Julius Lester 
• Shades of Community and Conflict: Biracial Adults of African-American and Jewish-American Heritages(1998), by Josylyn C. Segal 
• The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage (2003), edited by Loolwa Khazzoom 
• Under One Canopy: Readings in Jewish Diversity (2003), edited by Karen Primack 
• Bridge Across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory (1998), by Vera Schwarcz
• Dim Sum, Bagels, and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families (2001), by Myra Alperson
• In Every Tongue: The Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People (2005), by Diane Tobin, Gary Tobin, and Scott Rubin
• Is That Your Child?: Mothers Talk about Rearing Biracial Children (2008), by Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd
• Oreo (1974), a novel by Fran Ross
• Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars (2000), translated, edited and compiled by Sidney Shapiro 
• The Jews of China, Volume One: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (1998), edited and with introduction by Jonathan Goldstein 
• Mandarins, Jews, and Missionaries: The Jewish Experience in the Chinese Empire (1998), by Michael Pollack 
• The Beautiful People of the Book: A Tribute to Ethiopian Jews in Israel (1996), by Colette Berman and Yosef Miller 
• The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother (2006), by James McBride 
• Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption (2006), by Barbara Katz Rothman

BOOKS FOR YOUTH

• Abuelita’s Secret Matzahs (2005), by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, illustrated by Diana Bryer. Elementary school.
• Always an Olivia (2012), by Carolivia Herron, illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau. Ages 7-10.
• Black Mirror (2003), by Nancy Werlin. Ages 12+.
• Chloe Leiberman (Sometimes Wong) (2005), by Carrie Rosten. Teens.
• Daughters of the Ark (2005), by Anna Morgan. Ages 10+.
• Day of Delight, A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia (1994), by Maxine Rose Schur. Elementary school.
• Elijah’s Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas (1997), by Michael J. Rosen, illustrated by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Elementary school.
• Harriet and the Promised Land (1968), written and illustrated by Jacob Lawrence. Elementary and middle school.
• I Love Jewish Faces (2009), by Debra Darvick. Ages 5 and under.
• Jalapeno Bagels (1996), by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Robert Casilla. Elementary school.
• King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (1997), by Blu Greenberg and Linda Tarry, illustrated by Avi Katz. Elementary and middle school.
• Let’s Talk About Race (2008), by Julius Lester, illustrated by Karen Barbour. Grades 1-5.
• Rebecca’s Journey Home (2006), by Brynn Olenberg Sugarman, illustrated by Michelle Shapiro. Grades K-3. 
• Reyna and the Jade Star (The Gali Girls Jewish History) (2006), by Robin K. Levinson, illustrated by Drusilla Kehl. Ages 7+.
• Shoshana and the Native Rose (The Gali Girls Jewish History) (2006), by Robin K. Levinson, illustrated by Drusilla Kehl. Ages 7+.
• Songs from the Garden of Eden: Jewish Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes (2009), collected by Nathalie Soussana, arranged by Paul Mindy and Jean-Christophe Hoarau, illustrated by Beatrice Alamagna. Ages 2-7.
• Stealing Home (2006), by Ellen Schwartz. Upper elementary and middle school.
• The Storyteller’s Beads (1998), by Jane Kurtz. Upper elementary and middle school.
• Zack (1999), by William Bell. Teens.