The New York Times
Shais Rison, left, and Yitzchak Jordan are black Orthodox Jews, a rarity in New York and the nation.
In yeshivas, they are sometimes taunted as “monkeys” or with the Yiddish epithet for blacks. At synagogues and kosher restaurants, they engender blank stares. And dating can be awkward: their numbers are so small, friends will often share at least some romantic history with the same man or woman, and matchmakers always pair them with people with whom they have little in common beyond skin color.
Black and Jewish, and Seeing No Contradiction
The New York Times
Shais Rison, left, and Yitzchak Jordan are black Orthodox Jews, a rarity in New York and the nation.
In yeshivas, they are sometimes taunted as “monkeys” or with the Yiddish epithet for blacks. At synagogues and kosher restaurants, they engender blank stares. And dating can be awkward: their numbers are so small, friends will often share at least some romantic history with the same man or woman, and matchmakers always pair them with people with whom they have little in common beyond skin color.
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