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By: Algemeiner Staff - February 1, 2021
A group of 170 Black and Jewish members of the entertainment industry announced the formation on Monday of the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance, designed to foster unity between the Black and Jewish communities in order to fight racism and antisemitism together.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the announcement was timed to coincide with the beginning of Black History Month, and was launched with a statement of unity signed by 170 industry figures, including Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik, acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua, Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr., Motown Records president Ethiopia Habtemariam, legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, former CEO of Paramount Pictures Sherry Lansing, and Israeli-born KISS musician Gene Simmons.
The statement reads, in part, “We acknowledge that the Black and Jewish communities have a shared history of subjugation and persecution.”
“We recognize that the Black community in America has faced a history of racism that continues to this day, while the Jewish community is currently encountering record levels of antisemitism, which affects both groups’ sense of fear, vulnerability, and self-worth,” it continues.
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