Ilana Kaufman

Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh Hosts Discussion on Black-Jewish Ties

April 10, 2025

“A lot of white liberal Jews found [the book] and wanted to learn,” said Dollinger. “I did 130 Zoom classes on Jews and race and four lectures in 15 weeks.” But then Dollinger shared his book with Ilana Kaufman, founder and CEO of the Jews of Color Initiative, and everything changed.

Despite 10 years of promises, Jewish leaders have failed to make space for Jews of color

April 11, 2022

Ten more years is too long for any Jew of color to further endure racism in our organizations, to not receive adequate and appropriate care from leaders, and to not see a reflection of ourselves on the bimah or in the C-Suite.