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Kwanzakkah celebrates power of dual identities, overcoming oppressions

JL;DR SUMMARY The Kwanzakkah celebration organized by the Black Jewish Liberation Collective (BJLC) offers a space for embracing dual identities by combining the festivities of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish TraditionsIntersectionalityHanukkahDual IdentitiesCommunity CelebrationKwanzaaBlack Jewish Liberation CollectiveKwanzakkahAfrican American Culture

Places mentioned

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
"Erica Riddick of Cincinnati expressed those themes through a hot kitchen cam live video of her preparing African soul fried rice, with red, black, yellow and green components representing the colors of the Pan-African flag."
Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States
"Hanukkah menoras and a kinara adorn the home of Tarece Johnson in Lawrenceville, Ga."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"It always felt a little bittersweet, said Valoris, 75, of Washington, D.C."
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
"Members of the McKinney family (from left) siblings Jason, Shahanna, Adam and David, display their menorah and kinara while celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa in Milwaukee in 1999."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Unable to find a seven-hole candleholder in the Los Angeles area, the article quoted historian Peniel Joseph writing in The Black Power Movement, Karenga used a nine-hole Jewish menorah and broke off two of the openings."
New York, United States
"BJLC has sponsored Kwanzakkah annually for four years, initially in person in New York, but the event went virtual with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year."

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