This Jewish Man Is Fighting Racism Within The Orthodox Community

Born and raised in a Hasidic home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, MaNishtana speaks out against the racism and bigotry he experiences within his own Orthodox community.

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[grizzlybearusa]

He looks like a good person. It's not easy for him to be different from 99.% of your religious community, no matter if most people love him he's always going to be unique.

Plus when the relationship between the communities is not always great that can be really hard.

[leiferiksson]

It's incredibly important to fight the rampant racism in the jewish community. Both in Israel and in the diaspora.

[Bellg]

"Judaism doesn't concern itself with race" wait wut

[docteurmiracle]

Jewish stereotypes are "Eurocentric"...? Tell that to Persian, Moroccan or Yemenite Jews.

[brandon]

It's sad that even though he's black and Jewish both communities don't seem to accept him. I'm glad he is trying to educate people, he seems like an intelligent man.

[ddcc]

America:

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt (Bondage), out of the land of slavery.

Then the LORD will make you return to Egypt (Bondage) by Ships, over a route I said to you that you would never see again

A foreign nation you have never heard about.

A nation unknown to you or your ancestors.

A nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down.

A nation whose language you shall not understand.

A fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

Will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other.

[moriahthompson]

As an African-American Orthodox Jew, I get asked about my genealogy all the time. Although I do have a non-Jewish parent (my dad), both my parents are African-American and people have a really hard time understanding how I can be black and Jewish. I love this video...Jewish people can come from all different types of backgrounds.

[SunRaeeeee]

He should look at how Africans are treated in Isreal.

[somegirl]

people misunderstand "Judaism doesn't consider itself with race" he ment there are Jews from different backgrounds, I'm a mizrahi jew from iraq for example, he is a jew from Ethiopia and I have a friend a jew from Hungary and my aunt is Philippine jew for example.
jews are ethno-race, not a race, ethno-race is an ethnic group that marries within itself or marries into converts who accept the ethnic norms of the group.

that's what he ment saying Judaism doesn't care for your race, that many jews from many different backgrounds exist and they all are still Jewish. meaning we don't "identify" Judaism to be "only white jews are jews" or "only black jews are jews"
we say: "every jew from every background is Jewish"

[Claudbar]

There were 12 tribes in Joshua times . One of the tribes were blacks . And many Jews were scattered around the world and names changes to avoid Persecutions. Many in Latinoamerica, Africa and more . So what’s the problem ? I think is not the Jews from Europe see other Jews from Latinoamerica or Africa continent or blacks . I think is only about predujices and nothing more ☝️

[ТонкийЛёд-фд]

Judaism is not a nationality, and it's not skin color.Judalism is a religion and a way of life

[laurieberry]

When I was young, I went to Hebrew school. Two of the girls were biracial. They had an Asian appearance. They were half Korean and half Caucasian. I wonder if people believed they were Jewish. I’m white and there are people that don’t believe that I’m Jewish. I really appreciate this man that says what he believes

[dobermanphilosopher]

This guy is definitely jewish, his demenour and energy is definitely jewish, I mean this in the most loving way, it proves race means nothing, a jew is a jew.

[BigMoeFo]

Come to Israel there’s millions of Jews of color, every shade ....ברוך הבא

[Seanime]

The funny thing is he's the real Hebrew and they are Jewish converts! The ancient Hebrews were always compared to the son's of Ham (Black people) according to the Bible.

[chrisresendes]

Being Hispanic something similar happen to me while visiting Chicago orthodox synagogue . I walked in and asked an elderly man why they hadn't a Cantor fir services on shabbos. While not rude, his mouth did hang open and his eyes widened in either surprise or disbelief! Lol

I think this is rare and most if the community is open, supportive, and sometimes rather flattered about a conversion story. Good video.

[Adwoael]

My cousin, who is deceased now, was an associate rabbi of the now Ethiopian Hebrew Synagogue in Harlem. I’ve never met him nor his family, but I’m im touch with my friend who is a member of the Hebrew congregation in St Albans, Queens.

[ddcc]

Ezekiel 16:3

This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

The term Amorites is used in the Bible to refer to certain highland mountaineers who inhabited the land of Canaan, described in Genesis 10:16 as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. 

Heth (Bible) Heth is, according to Genesis 10:15, the second son of Canaan, who is son of Ham, son of Noah. Heth is the ancestor of the Hittites.

[nealluciano]

I respect him he's telling the truth. We are the true people of Israel the black and the black women Judaism started with us and I respectfully say not With some askenazim or Hasidic Jew from Europe they are the convert we are the originals no disrespect!

[fredharvey]

This is amusing. So I'm not Jewish, I'm white, and have visited a local Jewish grocery and deli off and on and bought a few things. As I was in line, an elderly orthodox man asked me to assist him with his groceries and I did so. This is quite stark compared with the reception these black Jews have gotten. Funny because I'm not at all Jewish and I'm 75% southern German had maternal relatives volunteer for the Waffen SS.