Barack Obama's Rabbi

[scarlettina]

The New York Times is running a piece on a black rabbi who heads a black, Jewish congregation in Chicago who is, it turns out, a cousin of Michelle Obama's. It's a wonderful profile, and describes a Jewish community of which I have only ever been marginally aware. I loved reading this piece--well-written by Zev Chafetz--seeing Judaism from a different perspective, and seeing in it an avenue for growth and preservation in a whole new direction. Fascinating stuff.