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Episode: ‘You People’ and Black-Jewish Relations
Description: The new Netflix film ‘You People,’ starring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill, is a romantic comedy in the mold of ‘Meet the Parents.’ The twist, however, is that this time, the parents are African American members of the Nation of Islam, and the prospective son-in-law is a white Jew from West LA. While the movie itself may have been uneven, it raises provocative questions about Black-Jewish relations, the intersection of racism and antisemitism, and the role of racial and religious identity in today’s society. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams joins Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky for this important and timely...