A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

Lawson’s own style clearly resonates with her legions of online followers on social media. A self-taught musician, she accompanies her own singing on guitar or banjo.

Jews of color are not participating in Jewish communal life at the level they might because they feel unwelcome, Kaufman says.

Readers weigh in on our coverage of women and Zionism as well as issues of Jews of color and Leonard Bernstein's legacy.