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No Silence On Race
- Accession Number
- 2020-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-12-4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 web pages (WARC)
- Date
- 2020
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting No Silence on Race. Included are two web pages. The first web page was created in Google Forms and is titled "No Silence on Race: An open letter from Black Jews, Non-Black Jews of colour, and our allies to Jewish organizations in Canada." The letter is dated 30 June 2020 and is signed by Sara Yacobi-Harris, Akilah Allen-Silverstein, and Daisy Moriyama. The second web page is taken from Niv's Weekly Picks and is titled "Lessons from the Kosher Section." The piece is dated 18 November 2020 and is by Yoni Belete.
- Administrative History
- On 30 June 2020, No Silence on Race addressed an open letter "from Black Jews, non-Black Jews of colour, and our allies to Jewish congregations, federations, foundations, organizations, nonprofits and initiatives," urging the latter to "uphold the tenets of justice and equality and to commit to the creation of a truly anti-racist, inclusive and equitable Jewish community." To that end, the authors of the letter—Sara Yacobi-Harris, Akilah Allen-Silverstein, and Daisy Moriyama—devised nine pillars "intended to support Jewish congregations, federations, foundations, organizations, nonprofits and initiatives in their transformation towards greater inclusivity and equity." Those nine pillars were: allyship; education; Indigenous education and relationship building; equity consultancy; employment and recruimtnet; equity, inclusion, anti-racism advisory; Jews of colour leadership strategy; programming/events/partnerships; amplify the voices of Jews of colour in Canada.
- As of 21 January 2021, the No Silence on Race team consisted of Sara Yacobi-Harris, Akilah Allen-Silverstein, and Yoni Belete. Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Koffler Centre of the Arts, CJPAC, Hillel Ontario, Secular Synagogue, the Toronto Jewish Film Foundation, Shoresh, JQT Vancouver, Lishma, the Miles Nadal JCC, Mazon Canada, the First Narayever Congregation, and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto had issued statements in response to the open letter, extracts of which are viewable on the No Silence on Race website.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Jews of Colour (JOC)
- Multicultural Judaism
- Jewish diversity
- Name Access
- Allen-Silverstein, Akilah
- Belete, Yoni
- Moriyama, Daisy
- No Silence on Race
- Yacobi-Harris, Sara
- Places
- Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions