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jewishpopculture · 27 days

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This women’s history month, we celebrate all the women and girls of Palestine, including,

-Lina Abu Akleh, a Palestinian rights activist

-Ola Abu Al Ghaib, a disability rights activist and the Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD)

-Farah Baker, who gained fame for live-tweeting Israel’s assault on Gaza in 2014

-Lina’s aunt Shireen Abu Akleh, an innocent journalist who was murdered by Israeli forces

-Shaden Abu-Hijleh, a peace activist who was murdered by Israeli forces

JPP stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine and the anti-Zionist movement.

#women’s history month

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jewishpopculture · 27 days

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Happy women’s history month.

There are so many historic Jewish women I could highlight, but I wanted to shout out a few Jewish women & girls who have used their platform for good.

Naomi Wadler was a major figure during the March For Our Lives movement, speaking at protests when she was only 11 years old.

Hari Nef, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer signed a letter demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

Joyce "Shatzi" Weisberger was an educator, nurse and activist. Her involvement in activism spanned the civil rights movement, the anti-nuclear movement, ACT UP, the Black Lives Matter movement, anti-Zionism, and the movement to abolish police and prisons.

#women’s history month #jewish

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Artwork for the Goapele album ‘Strong as Glass’ (2014), and her single “Hey Boy” featuring Snoop Dogg.

Goapele is a neo-soul and R&B singer-songwriter and activist. She is descended from Black South African activists who escaped Apartheid South Africa, and German Jews who escaped Nazi Germany. She was raised in a South African exile community in the Bay Area.

“Her roots inspired her to create songs that examine life’s complexities with openness and precision, taking listeners on a deeply personal and melodic journey”, as written on her website.

Her songs have been a shining light for many fans during dark moments.

#goapele #bhm #black history month #jewish #black jews #jewish culture #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish community #pop culture #jewish beauty #jewish women #black women #r&b #rnb #soul #neo soul #music

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Lenny Kravitz at the 2024 Grammy Awards.

#lenny kravitz #jewish #black jews #jewish culture #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish community #pop culture #jewish singers #black men #jewish men #black community

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Harry Belafonte on the set of ‘The Strollin’ Twenties,’ a television special he produced in 1965/1966, with a script by Langston Hughes. The show was a celebration of the Harlem Renaissance.

Belafonte was of Afro-Jamaican and European Jewish descent.

#harry belafonte #black history month #bhm #jewish #jewish culture #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish community #pop culture #black jews #jewish singers #jewish actors #black culture #black community #black men #60s #1960s

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Carl Weathers and Denise “Vanity” Matthews on the set of the film ‘Action Jackson’ (1988).

Rest in peace to Weathers and Matthews 🕊️

Weathers was not Jewish, but Matthews was born to a Jewish mother.

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Lisa Bonet photographed for Porter magazine (2018).

#lisa bonet #black history month #bhm #jewish #black women #black jews #jewish culture #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish community #pop culture #jewish beauty #jewish women #2010s #porter magazine #black community

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Ruby Johnson was born in 1936, to a Black Jewish family in North Carolina. She later became a deep-soul singer, popular in certain parts of the United States in the 1960’s.

Her music initially only had minor success on the U.S. R&B charts, leading her to give up her singing career in the 70’s.

Greater interest in her catalog occurred when a new generation rediscovered her 60’s recordings in the 90’s. Since then, she has received millions of plays on platforms like YouTube and Spotify.

She sadly passed away in 1999, at the age of 63.

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Denise “Vanity” Matthews at the 12th Annual American Music Awards (1985).

Matthews was born to a Jewish mother & Black American father, and later converted to Christianity.

Pictures reposted from from @flyandfamousblackgirls, caption my own.

#vanity #denise matthews #bhm #black history month #black jews #jewish #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish community #jewish culture #pop culture #jewish beauty #jewish women #jewish music #music #rnb #black women #black community

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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maybe don’t post pop jewish culture if you’re not even going to understand the jewish community.

Is this about me being anti-Zionist? Cause maybe stay outta my inbox since you don’t understand how much of the Jewish community is anti-Zionist. And come off anonymous. You can’t even stand by your beliefs, that’s how cowardly Zionists are. You guys always wanna hide & post about how you don’t like wearing ur star of David’s in public meanwhile I still proudly do. Loser.

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jewishpopculture · 3 months

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Putting the blog on hold for a little bit due to some personal/family stuff. Coming back very soon tho. Stay well & be blessed this new year ❤️

And prayers up for Palestine 🙏

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jewishpopculture · 5 months

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Happy night 1 of Hanukkah 🕎❤️

A holiday commemorating an oppressed people’s revolt against a powerful empire that took their land and tried to wipe away their culture… I can’t help but think of how relevant that is today.

I am praying for a free Palestine.

#rugrats

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jewishpopculture · 5 months

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Drake’s ‘Take Care’ album was released on this day in 2011.

The album expanded on the low-tempo, sensuous, and dark sonic aesthetic of his previous album ‘Thank Me Later’ (2010).

It incorporates several elements that have come to define Drake's sound, including minimalist R&B influences, existential subject matter, and alternately sung and rapped vocals.

Despite leaking online nine days before its scheduled release, ‘Take Care’ debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 631,000 copies in its first week. It has been certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for reaching over 8,000,000 units (sales + streaming).

It won Drake his first Grammy Award, winning Best Rap Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

In 2020, the album was ranked 95th on Rolling Stone's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

#Drake #50th anniversary of hip hop #jewish #music #hip hop #rap #jewish culture #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish community #pop culture #black jews #jewish music #Jewish rapper

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jewishpopculture · 5 months

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On this day in 1993, Eazy-E protégés Blood of Abraham, a Jewish hip hop group, released their debut album ‘Future Profits’.

The album gained publicity from ads centered on large text proclaiming “Jesus was a Black Jew”.

Blood of Abraham was sighed to Ruthless Records, a record label founded by N.W.A. member Eric “Eazy-E” Wright. The group composed of members Benjamin “MC Benyad” Mor and David “MC Mazik” Saevitz.

They gained a minor following that eventually led them to wider exposure through a television appearance on ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’ in 1994.

A key characteristic of the group was their unapologetic Jewish identity. Their best-known track, "N*ggaz and Jewz (Some Say K*kes)", was a call for Black and Jewish unity. The song featured a verse from Eazy-E, as well as the first recorded appearance of will.i.am, known at the time as Will 1X.

Will’s association with the group likely lead to him chanting the Hebrew phrases “mozel tov” and “l’chaim” throughout the Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling”, the highest selling digital single in the United States. It also likely explains why Mor directed the video for the song.

Although Blood of Abraham has been on hiatus since 2000, the members have continued working in entertainment. Notably, Mor directed music videos for Beyoncé and Coldplay (“Hymn for the Weekend”), will.i.am (“Scream & Shout” with Britney Spears & “That Power” with Justin Bieber), Katy Perry (“Part of Me”), Tinashe (“All Hands On Deck”), Black Eyed Peas (“I Gotta Feeling”), Nas (“Just a Moment” with Quan), and the official song of the 2014 FIFA World Cup— “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, and Claudia Leitte.

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jewishpopculture · 6 months

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Hedy Lamarr on the cover of Screenland magazine (October 1942).

Happy heavenly birthday to Hedy Lamarr.

Born to Jewish parents in 1914, Lamarr became one of the defining actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age, and the inventor of a frequency hopping technology used by Allied Forces in World War II to avoid threats of jamming by the Axis Powers. She is considered an essential pioneer in wireless technology, as her invention later formed the basis of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

One of the biggest film stars of the 1930’s and 1940’s, Lamarr was also an inspiration behind the design of the Catwoman character.

She passed away on January 19, 2000.

She was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

May her memory be a blessing.