At the recent 2026 Atlanta Summit for Black Pastors and Rabbis, I joined 100 rabbis, Black American clergy, Black Jewish leaders, scholars, activists and community leaders in signing a Sacred Covenant affirming a renewed national commitment to unite against antisemitism and racism. 

I was honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with Georgia Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, Amb. Andrew Young, journalist Van Jones, Rabbis Rick Jacobs, David Saperstein and Heather Miller, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond of the New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church and many other leaders to discuss how to further our alliance. 

Amid surging antisemitism and discrimination, conversations were heavy, but I was reminded that this partnership isn’t nostalgia; it’s a living commitment each generation must choose. I was also struck by the particular weight carried by my Black Jewish colleagues, whose experiences can show the complexity of navigating both Black and Jewish spaces. The Black-Jewish alliance is not simply a partnership between two distinct communities; it is lived every day by Black Jews whose experiences remind us that neither community is a monolith.

When I speak with Jewish peers about events like this, they’re sometimes surprised to hear that the Black-Jewish alliance is still so alive. They tell me that the allyship seen in the civil rights movement was frozen in time, and that following the Hamas raids inside Israel on Oct.........

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