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Andre E. Key, Walter Isaac, and Tamar Manasseh

Andre E. Key is an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His research focuses on the area of African American religious traditions in the 20th century. He currently teaches courses in the areas of African American Studies, 20th century African American history, and African American Religions. | Walter Isaac, PhD is a Lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has published on Afro-Judaism in various fora, such as Contending Modernities, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, as well as Blackwell's A Companion to African-American Studies. He is currently President of the Afro-Jewish Studies Association. | Rabbi Tamar Manasseh is Founder/President of MASK, (Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings).

(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Racial JusticeJanuary 12, 2023

Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community

By Andre E. Key, Walter Isaac, and Tamar Manasseh

At the 1995 Source Awards, Outkast’s Andre3000, delivered his now iconic shot across the bow…

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