The mission of Hamas, mandated by its charter, is antisemitic, anti-Israel, and anti-Western. In the last quarter-century, the Gaza-based terrorist group has carried out more than 80 suicide attacks in Israel, murdering approximately 1,000 Israelis.
Since Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, black and Jewish communities find themselves at a crossroads: facing a common enemy yet struggling to unite around issues that affect each other’s survival.
Dr. Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and a longtime friend of AJC, discussed with AJC Passport Podcast host Seffi Kogen the history, the present, and future of Black Jewish relations in America.