Race Before the Law:
Is Judaism a race? A religion?
Who gets to decide?
Dr. Jennifer Glaser
Jews and Jewishness have been conceived of in different ways before the U.S. Supreme Court throughout history. Learn how the history of the Supreme Court and an emphasis on legal definitions of identity and citizenship can help contextualize questions of Jewishness and Jewish identity in America.
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For More on This Topic
- A timeline of important Supreme Court decisions and legislation about Jewish identity and race by Dr. Jennifer Glaser
- “A Lesson on Critical Race Theory” – short article by Janel George
- Oyez.org – multimedia judicial archive of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Judging Jewish Identity in the United States – book about the Shaare Tefila case by Annalise E. Glauz-Todrank
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